PMC and CTL/ATL Constants...

Originally Posted by Porkyboy

Hi

I'm using the PMC to manage my training load and hopefully bring myself to peak form for certain events later in the year, this is the first year I have tried to do this in anger.

The degree of freshness/form or whatever will be dependent on the TSB at a certain point and the TSB figure displayed will in turn be dependent upon the applied CTL/ATL constants, the defaults being 42 and 7. My problem is won't people all recover/adapt etc. at different rates and is it not therefore possible that the mathematically derived TSB you are working to is actually mismatched to your own rates of recovery/adaptation?

Is there a way of working out or estimating what your own CTL and ATL constants should be set on to try to ensure that the TSB figure is in reality a true reflection of your current freshness/form. It just seems to me that if the CTL and ATL constants are not personalised and accurate then you might as well just go on your gut feeling of how you feel?

Thanks for any advice!

PBUK

Originally Posted by Porkyboy

Thanks very much for the advice, I'll take it. I know this is a bit of a piece of string question but typically how much would you change the ATL constant for this experiment? I was thinking of setting up charts for say 5 days and 9 days, 2 days either side of the default, or would you change it by more than than, I'm almost 50 BTW

Originally Posted by Alex Simmons

There are some (e.g. Dr Phil Skiba) that have taken the concept further so you could read up on his work.