Monitoring Training Load, Well-Being, Heart Rate Variability, and Competitive Performance of a Functional-Fitness Female Athlete: A Case Study
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Case Report Design
2.2. Training Sessions
2.3. Heart Rate Variability
2.4. Quantifying Training Load
2.5. Acute/Chronic Workload Ratio (ACWR) Calculation
2.6. Well-Being
2.7. Statistical Analysis
3. Results
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Conflicts of Interest
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Month | Competition | Rank |
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October 2017 | Brazil Showdown | 3rd |
November 2017 | Monstar Games | 8th |
January 2018 | WodNation | 2nd |
February and March 2018 | CrossFit Open South America | 16th |
May 2018 | CrossFit Latin America Regional | 22nd |
Mean | SD | Minimum | Maximum | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Total weekly training load, AU | 2092 | 861 | 590 | 3840 |
Monotony | 1.30 | 0.36 | 0.60 | 2.36 |
Acute:chronic ratio | 1.1 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 2.2 |
Well-being score | 19.4 | 2.3 | 14.0 | 23.0 |
Fatigue score | 3.8 | 0.6 | 3.0 | 5.0 |
Sleep score | 4.5 | 0.5 | 4.0 | 5.0 |
Pain score | 3.4 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 5.0 |
Stress score | 3.6 | 0.7 | 2.0 | 5.0 |
Mood score | 3.9 | 0.3 | 3.0 | 4.0 |
LnRMSSD | 8.0 | 0.3 | 7.25 | 8.55 |
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Tibana, R.A.; Sousa, N.M.F.d.; Prestes, J.; Feito, Y.; Ernesto, C.; Voltarelli, F.A. Monitoring Training Load, Well-Being, Heart Rate Variability, and Competitive Performance of a Functional-Fitness Female Athlete: A Case Study. Sports 2019, 7, 35. https://doi.org/10.3390/sports7020035
Tibana RA, Sousa NMFd, Prestes J, Feito Y, Ernesto C, Voltarelli FA. Monitoring Training Load, Well-Being, Heart Rate Variability, and Competitive Performance of a Functional-Fitness Female Athlete: A Case Study. Sports. 2019; 7(2):35. https://doi.org/10.3390/sports7020035
Chicago/Turabian StyleTibana, Ramires Alsamir, Nuno Manuel Frade de Sousa, Jonato Prestes, Yuri Feito, Carlos Ernesto, and Fabrício Azevedo Voltarelli. 2019. "Monitoring Training Load, Well-Being, Heart Rate Variability, and Competitive Performance of a Functional-Fitness Female Athlete: A Case Study" Sports 7, no. 2: 35. https://doi.org/10.3390/sports7020035