In threads where training philosophy comes up, discussions of TRIMPS and TSS and other training models occasionally intrude. These models are not very well known, and even more poorly understood, so probably SolarEnergy, qbrain and I are just talking to each other and killing threads in those conversations. In any case, I figured I would present a brief overview of what it is that we're talking about when this terminology starts showing up.
Best case, this will introduce these models to the subset of swimmers (or coaches) who would be interested enough to use them, but didn't previously know enough to do so.
Plus, even if you're not the type to be interested in quantifying your training, it can be useful to think about workouts in this general framework.
And, at the very least, this might serve as a place to discuss some of the details without worrying about driving those other threads too far off-topic.
I'm still looking for a method with the right balance of detail without too much daily hassle.
The least hassle might be the session RPE score. Rate how hard the session is and multiply * time. It is well regarded in the literature and seems to be quite good. Carl Foster is the original proponent I think.
I have not seen much about using it as input into the Banister model and whether the answers are different. For that matter, no study I have seen anywhere has shown any given quantification method gives a different answer using any given model. Not to say it isn't true, but it hasn't been shown.
So while we stand around and might say that Phil Skiba's swimscore is better than yardage as an input, it hasn't been demonstrated that they give different time constants. The same thing holds for trimps, tss, or any other method we can dream up.
I'm still looking for a method with the right balance of detail without too much daily hassle.
The least hassle might be the session RPE score. Rate how hard the session is and multiply * time. It is well regarded in the literature and seems to be quite good. Carl Foster is the original proponent I think.
I have not seen much about using it as input into the Banister model and whether the answers are different. For that matter, no study I have seen anywhere has shown any given quantification method gives a different answer using any given model. Not to say it isn't true, but it hasn't been shown.
So while we stand around and might say that Phil Skiba's swimscore is better than yardage as an input, it hasn't been demonstrated that they give different time constants. The same thing holds for trimps, tss, or any other method we can dream up.
