We've been talking Trimps here, Trimps there.
It stand for TrainImpulses. It's an impulse-response model that is not very well documented on the web unfortunately. Several entries do not describe what the model is. That said a lot of these entries do propose valid options.
Trimp is achieved by multiplying duration (minutes) by intensity (hr) multiplied by some magic formula, a weighting factor.
Say you perform a hard workout and end up with a score of 100.
That's 100 on Tuesday. That 100 created a desired training effect (positive impact on Base, which can be anything right?). And it also creates some fatigue effect. CTL and ATL respectively as we now call them. Stands for Chronic Training Load and Acute Training Load.
This effect will diminish day after day if you don't train. The second magic to this concept is that it is tuned in a way that the fatigue will lower more rapidly. When you train it increases faster than the Base, but it dissipates more rapidly too. The difference between ATL and CTL is your overall fitness level. Nothing specific. But a positive TSB (Training Stress Balance), or fitness value will undoubtedly be felt. One of those days where you just can't believe how everything feels great and remarkably easy.
That's trimp. Then guys like Q found some scoring system, most of them taking into account relative intensity though (speed relative to your top speed over x duration) to better take into account physiology impact. Problem is that the response of most physiological changes is exponential, not linear. So these folks try to catch 'em. HR factors it already. Only got to care about max HR which sets your relative intensity. These scores are processed in the Trimp rolling avg mechanism so to speak. So they all predict peak performance. Let me call this process Assisted Performance Modeling.
Now, people around the world validate these models by reconciling their performance level with the TSB value. Did you score your best yes or no, and did the model predict it yes or no. That(!) is what people using these models care about really.
Coggan kindly invites everyone around the world to submit files that would not reflect the reality, either compared to RPE or whatever the measure. Can't find a scientific study that is ongoing forever involving thousands of subjects. And he's got plenty of time for training, family, working etc. So there's probably not that many files submitted for analysis.
We've been talking Trimps here, Trimps there.
It stand for TrainImpulses. It's an impulse-response model that is not very well documented on the web unfortunately. Several entries do not describe what the model is. That said a lot of these entries do propose valid options.
Trimp is achieved by multiplying duration (minutes) by intensity (hr) multiplied by some magic formula, a weighting factor.
Say you perform a hard workout and end up with a score of 100.
That's 100 on Tuesday. That 100 created a desired training effect (positive impact on Base, which can be anything right?). And it also creates some fatigue effect. CTL and ATL respectively as we now call them. Stands for Chronic Training Load and Acute Training Load.
This effect will diminish day after day if you don't train. The second magic to this concept is that it is tuned in a way that the fatigue will lower more rapidly. When you train it increases faster than the Base, but it dissipates more rapidly too. The difference between ATL and CTL is your overall fitness level. Nothing specific. But a positive TSB (Training Stress Balance), or fitness value will undoubtedly be felt. One of those days where you just can't believe how everything feels great and remarkably easy.
That's trimp. Then guys like Q found some scoring system, most of them taking into account relative intensity though (speed relative to your top speed over x duration) to better take into account physiology impact. Problem is that the response of most physiological changes is exponential, not linear. So these folks try to catch 'em. HR factors it already. Only got to care about max HR which sets your relative intensity. These scores are processed in the Trimp rolling avg mechanism so to speak. So they all predict peak performance. Let me call this process Assisted Performance Modeling.
Now, people around the world validate these models by reconciling their performance level with the TSB value. Did you score your best yes or no, and did the model predict it yes or no. That(!) is what people using these models care about really.
Coggan kindly invites everyone around the world to submit files that would not reflect the reality, either compared to RPE or whatever the measure. Can't find a scientific study that is ongoing forever involving thousands of subjects. And he's got plenty of time for training, family, working etc. So there's probably not that many files submitted for analysis.
