Monitoring

From training load to performance monitoring

INSEP | 27.03.2019

UE7 - Accompagnement scientifique à la Performance

Mathieu Lacome | @mathlacome

Take home message

External vs Internal load

Monitoring load vs response to load

When / Why to monitor - context!

Quantifying external load with GPS

Level 1 variables

Problem: Team sports are not played at constant velocity

level 2 variables

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Velocity-change related

Accelerations, Decelerations, CODs

* Accelerations are not provided by the accelerometers

MechW

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Velocity-change load

Tight work analysis

**ForceH = Masse * Acc H**

MechW = ForceH only when

Acc/DecH > 2 m.s-2

Force Load

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Foot-strike analysis.

Accelerometer-based metric

Force Load = Mass x Acc Z

small comment on PlayerLoad vs Accel Rate ?

Monitoring external load in the gym

Repetition volume
no: of sets x no. of reps

Absolute volume load
no: of sets x no. of reps. x weight lifted (kg)

Volume load relative to 1RM
no. of sets x no. of reps x % 1RM

Volume load relative to specific RM
no:of sets x no. of reps x % RM for RR used

Quantifying internal load

SRPE

see - Foster et al. (1995) | borg et al (1982).

SRPE = session duration * rpe

Heart rate

Good internal load marker for prolonged & sub-maximal exercises
HR alone do not inform on intensity above VO2max
Delayed-onset (aka HR-lag phenomenon) - problems with short intervals
HR inertia during recovery

Blood lactate

marker of anaerobic system contribution
monitored during progressive exercise testing
DURING intense exercise, more challenging to draw conclusions

Blood lactate

Take home message - part 1

Why monitoring training load is important - some case studies

Lacome et al. (2019)

planning the training

"SSGs are not a one size fits all training weapon when it comes to players loading. Planning position-specific unloading strategies or top-up exercises are likely required to equilibrate players loading relative to game demands when using SSGs".

Lacome et al. (2018)

Strength

Endurance

Speed

Off

Game

planning the training

Lacome et al. (2018)

“ Planning position-specific unloading strategies or top-up exercises are likely required to equilibrate players loading relative to game demands when using SSGs.”

planning the training

“Principe of progressive overload”

INTENSITY

"the rehab case studY"

VOLUME

“Using players as a FLOATER is a simple means to decrease MechW load during SSGs, while preserving the specificity of team dynamics”

GS: Game simulation: w/ goal keepers

PO: Possession: wo/ goal keepers

Monitoring responses to load

wellbeing questionnaire

McLean et al. 2010

neuromuscular performance

jump testing

Jump height is not sensible enought!
use average of multiple jumps
unload jumps are more sensitivy
look for variation in eccentric displacement, mean power, peak velocity.

(read C.L. TAYLOR PHD !)

HRex is a promising tool to monitor positive aerobic-oriented training adaptations (Buchheitetal.,2012), with a greater ability to predict changes within the first months of a training program (Scharhag- Rosenbergeretal.,2009)

Heart rate variability

beyond the scope of this course - see buchheit 2014

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Buchheit (2014)

Heart rate variability

creatine kinase (ck)

good marker of muscular degradations

creatine kinase (ck)

Daily readiness - within-player comparisons

Differences in:

session content (e.g. coach added an extra finishing drill to the usual D-1 session)
context (i.e. playing a Champions League game vs playing the bottom team in the league the next day)

Larger effect on players’ locomotor activity than changes in their fitness status per se