Ep 383: Prof Franco Impellizzeri on Load Management, Data & the Truth About ACWR

Physical Performance Show – Episode 383 Show Notes

In episode 383 of The Physical Performance Show, host Brad Beer sits down with Professor Franco Impellizzeri, one of the most influential and outspoken voices in athlete load management research, for a wide-ranging conversation on why "load management" is an old concept dressed up in new data, why the acute to chronic workload ratio (ACWR) never held up to scrutiny, and why context — not more metrics — is what separates good decision-making from noise.

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Professor Franco Impellizzeri's work can be explored here:

https://profiles.uts.edu.au/Franco.Impellizzeri

And...

https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=z35F1WAAAAAJ&hl=en

Listen in as we delve into the following:

What "load management" actually means, and why it's a relabelling of concepts coaches have wrestled with since the 1930s–40s