How much is too much? (Part 1) International Olympic Committee consensus statement on load in sport and risk of injury

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2016

Main focus

Global overview of how training and competition load relate to injury in athletes.

Key lesson

It’s not load that’s evil, it’s badly managed load; smart progression is protective, not dangerous.

My take

Any coach saying ‘we got injured because we trained too hard’ needs to swap that line for ‘we progressed like cowboys’… fight me.