Understanding Training Types on ATIUM: A Complete Guide

When entering your SRPE data on the ATIUM mobile app, choosing the correct training type is crucial for an accurate load quantification. Here, we detail each training type with examples to guide you in making the most informed choice possible.

Strength & Conditioning (S&C): Focuses on improving your overall strength and physical condition through exercises such as weightlifting, resistance training, and plyometrics. 

  Example: A session might include bench presses, squats, and deadlifts, typically performed in a gym environment. This type of training is crucial for building muscle strength, endurance, and power.

Technical & Tactical: Aims at enhancing skills and strategies specific to your sport. It involves practice sessions dedicated to improving your technical proficiency and tactical understanding.

  Example: For a football player, this might involve practicing dribbling, passing, and specific game strategies to improve on-field performance and decision-making.

Endurance & Metabolic: Designed to increase your ability to sustain prolonged physical activity and improve metabolic efficiency. Activities in this category raise your heart rate for extended periods.

  Example: This could be long-distance running or cycling sessions focused on building stamina and endurance, crucial for sports requiring sustained physical effort.

Active Recovery: Involves low-intensity exercises aimed at facilitating the recovery process, improving flexibility, and reducing muscle soreness.

  Example: Activities might include yoga, light swimming, or a gentle bike ride. This type of training is essential for muscle recovery and injury prevention.

Physiotherapy: Sessions with a physiotherapist are designed to prevent injuries or assist in the recovery process through therapeutic exercises and treatments.

  Example: Rehabilitation exercises post-injury under the supervision of a healthcare professional, focusing on restoring strength and mobility.

Competition: Any activity or event where you compete, simulating the intensity and conditions of your sport in a competitive setting.

  Example: This includes participating in official games or matches, such as a marathon, soccer match, or tennis tournament, which are critical for assessing performance under competition conditions.

By selecting the appropriate training type and providing detailed SRPE data, you're contributing to a more accurate assessment of your internal load on the ATIUM platform, ensuring that your training and recovery needs are accurately met.