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  • When the Plan Meets the Athlete: Autoregulation in Practice

    When the Plan Meets the Athlete: Autoregulation in Practice

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    Autoregulation adjusts training to the athlete in front of you rather than to numbers set weeks ago. This article covers the main methods, what the evidence supports, and the reporting distortion that quietly undermines every one of them.

  • Reps in reserve

    Reps in reserve

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    Reps in reserve is the strength-training cousin of Borg’s perceived exertion scale, applied per set rather than per session. Unlike the other measurement instruments in this series, RIR has no single inventor — it came from a coach in 2008, a research group in 2012, and another in 2016. A history of how a powerlifting…

  • RPE: from a kiosk to Afitpilot

    RPE: from a kiosk to Afitpilot

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    Walter Clayton
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    Three years ago I set up an RPE kiosk at a CrossFit box: an iPad on a stand near the exit, copied from the format you tap on the way out of an airport. After each WOD, athletes tapped a number from 1 to 10. This post covers what RPE is, what the kiosk actually…