About this Research Topic
Training load is a critical component of athletic development, which involves manipulating various parameters, such as training intensity, volume, frequency, and density, to promote positive adaptations in the athlete's performance. However, training load can also have negative effects, such as excessive fatigue, injuries, and overtraining, which can impair the athlete's performance and health. It is therefore crucial to understand how training load can be optimized to improve athletic performance and minimize associated risks.
This Research Topic aims to provide a current perspective on the knowledge and challenges associated with the effects of careful manipulation and load management to optimize performance and promote the health of athletes from different sports and competitive levels. The results obtained may be of particular importance for identifying the best and most current load prescription practices in different sports, as well as preventive and treatment interventions for injuries related to excessive training. Furthermore, research can provide information about the physiological mechanisms underlying the relationship between training load and athletic performance, which can be useful in developing new, more efficient and safer training strategies.
Therefore, we accept and encourage submissions of articles of different types (e.g., original research, clinical trials, systematic reviews). Potential topics include, but are not limited to:
- Relationship between training load and physiological response to training
- Training load in different sports: strategies for performance optimization
- Effects of training load on athlete fatigue and recovery
- Training load monitoring: methods and practical applications
- Training load and injury prevention in elite athletes
- Training load in young athletes: implications for long-term athletic development
- Overtraining: diagnosis, prevention and treatment
- Training load and sports nutrition: implications for athlete health and performance
- Training load and technology: new tools for monitoring and prescribing training
- Training load on athletes with physical disabilities: implications for rehabilitation and performance
This Research Topic aims to provide a current perspective on the knowledge and challenges associated with the effects of careful manipulation and load management to optimize performance and promote the health of athletes from different sports and competitive levels. The results obtained may be of particular importance for identifying the best and most current load prescription practices in different sports, as well as preventive and treatment interventions for injuries related to excessive training. Furthermore, research can provide information about the physiological mechanisms underlying the relationship between training load and athletic performance, which can be useful in developing new, more efficient and safer training strategies.
Therefore, we accept and encourage submissions of articles of different types (e.g., original research, clinical trials, systematic reviews). Potential topics include, but are not limited to:
- Relationship between training load and physiological response to training
- Training load in different sports: strategies for performance optimization
- Effects of training load on athlete fatigue and recovery
- Training load monitoring: methods and practical applications
- Training load and injury prevention in elite athletes
- Training load in young athletes: implications for long-term athletic development
- Overtraining: diagnosis, prevention and treatment
- Training load and sports nutrition: implications for athlete health and performance
- Training load and technology: new tools for monitoring and prescribing training
- Training load on athletes with physical disabilities: implications for rehabilitation and performance
Keywords: sports, periodization, performance, recovery, technology
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