This document discusses the relationship between training load, injury risk, and performance in athletes. It highlights that:
1) There is a paradoxical relationship between high training loads, improved fitness/performance, and increased injury risk.
2) Monitoring both acute (weekly) and chronic (long term) training loads, as well as their ratio, provides a better predictor of injury risk than either measure alone.
3) Maintaining an optimal ratio of acute to chronic loads can help maximize performance while minimizing injury by keeping athletes in a state of "fitness" rather than "fatigue."
4) Tracking both objective and subjective measures of training load, fatigue, and readiness can help practitioners prescribe personalized training programs to