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Training Load – Compare RPE, Foster, TRIMP and T2 (Endurance Training Score)
**This post will compare four popular metrics—RPE, Foster Score, TRIMP, and T2 Score Endurance Training Score (ETS) — explaining how they work, their strengths and weaknesses, and when they’re best su
22 November 2024
The T2 Score: A Comprehensive Approach to Measuring Training Load in Endurance Sports
**The T2 Score builds on traditional training metrics like TRIMP by adding Sports specific scaling function for each sport modality.. This means it doesn’t just look at individual workouts but also co
22 November 2024
Training Load – The interplay between Chronic and Acute Training Loads
Adrian was a former coach at Cambridge University Boat Club, then British Rowing, followed by Rowing Ireland where he was Chief Coach and coached the Irish sculler at the Olympics in London 2012. Thro
22 November 2024
TRIMP: A Science-Backed Way to Measure Training Load in Endurance Sports
**In endurance sports like running, cycling, and swimming, tracking training load is essential for performance improvement, injury prevention, and balanced recovery. One of the most scientifically val
11 November 2024
The Foster Score: A Simple Yet Effective Way to Measure Training Load in Endurance Sports
**The Foster Score developed by Dr. Carl Foster, it is a training load metric that combines your perceived effort with workout duration to give a more complete picture of how hard you’re working.**
11 November 2024
Understanding RPE: How Perceived Effort Can Improve Your Endurance Training
**Have you ever finished a workout and thought, “Wow, that was really hard!” or “That was easier than I expected”? That feeling—whether the workout was tough, moderate, or easy—is at the core of somet
10 November 2024
How To Be a Better Coxswain
The cox’s number one job is to keep their crew safe! Alongside the steering and safety, my job is to make calls that direct the crew members to row in sync, to improve their technique and guide them t
16 August 2022
Jason Dorland, Canadian Olympic Rower & Author of ‘Chariots and Horses’ joins us for Crossy’s Corner
Martin Cross interviewed Olympic Rower and Author of “Pulling Together” and “Chariots and Horses”, Jason Dorland!
3 March 2022
Ludum to Live Stream Races from The Boat Race’s Fixture Series in 2022
We are excited to announce that we will be live streaming races from The Boat Race’s #FixtureSeries in 2022.
11 February 2022
Rowing Nutrition: What Is The Ideal Diet for Rowing?
Rowing nutrition can often be overlooked because of the focus being on the training and competition itself. We all probably know having an ideal diet for rowers is likely to be helpful with performanc
8 February 2022
Bill Barry – Olympic Medallist & World Class Rowing Coach chats in Crossy’s Corner
LIVE at 1800 GMT on 2nd February 2022 Martin Cross will be interviewing the legendary Bill Barry, former coach to GBR’s Alan Campbell and now coach to the Saudi Arabian sculler Husein Alireza.
1 February 2022
Meghan Musnicki (USA) | Double Olympic Champion US Rower joins Martin Cross LIVE
Martin Cross speaks with US Olympic Champion Rower, Meghan Musnicki!
27 January 2022