The three-dimensional impulse-response model: Modeling the training process in accordance with energy system-specific adaptation

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Hauptverfasser: Kontro, Hilkka, Mastracci, Armando, Cheung, Stephen S., MacInnis, Martin J.
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author Kontro, Hilkka
Mastracci, Armando
Cheung, Stephen S.
MacInnis, Martin J.
author_facet Kontro, Hilkka
Mastracci, Armando
Cheung, Stephen S.
MacInnis, Martin J.
contents Athletic training is characterized by physiological systems responding to repeated exercise-induced stress, resulting in gradual alterations in the functional properties of these systems. The adaptive response leading to improved performance follows a remarkably predictable pattern that may be described by a systems model provided that training load can be accurately quantified and that the constants defining the training-performance relationship are known. While various impulse-response models have been proposed, they are inherently limited in reducing training stress (the impulse) into a single metric, assuming that the adaptive responses are independent of the type of training performed. This is despite ample evidence of markedly diverse acute and chronic responses to exercise of different intensities and durations. Herein, we propose an alternative, three-dimensional impulse-response model that uses three training load metrics as inputs and three performance metrics as outputs. These metrics, represented by a three-parameter critical power model, reflect the stress imposed on each of the three energy systems: the alactic (phosphocreatine/immediate) system; the lactic (glycolytic) system; and the aerobic (oxidative) system. The purpose of this article is to outline the scientific rationale and the practical implementation of the three-dimensional impulse-response model.
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spellingShingle The three-dimensional impulse-response model: Modeling the training process in accordance with energy system-specific adaptation
Kontro, Hilkka
Mastracci, Armando
Cheung, Stephen S.
MacInnis, Martin J.
Quantitative Methods
Athletic training is characterized by physiological systems responding to repeated exercise-induced stress, resulting in gradual alterations in the functional properties of these systems. The adaptive response leading to improved performance follows a remarkably predictable pattern that may be described by a systems model provided that training load can be accurately quantified and that the constants defining the training-performance relationship are known. While various impulse-response models have been proposed, they are inherently limited in reducing training stress (the impulse) into a single metric, assuming that the adaptive responses are independent of the type of training performed. This is despite ample evidence of markedly diverse acute and chronic responses to exercise of different intensities and durations. Herein, we propose an alternative, three-dimensional impulse-response model that uses three training load metrics as inputs and three performance metrics as outputs. These metrics, represented by a three-parameter critical power model, reflect the stress imposed on each of the three energy systems: the alactic (phosphocreatine/immediate) system; the lactic (glycolytic) system; and the aerobic (oxidative) system. The purpose of this article is to outline the scientific rationale and the practical implementation of the three-dimensional impulse-response model.
title The three-dimensional impulse-response model: Modeling the training process in accordance with energy system-specific adaptation
topic Quantitative Methods
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2503.14841