treningsstatus

Treningsstatus, or training status, is a concept used in sports science and coaching to describe an athlete’s current readiness to train and perform. It reflects the ongoing balance between training stress and recovery and is shaped by factors such as sleep quality, nutrition, psychological stress, illness, hydration, and environmental conditions. A favorable treningsstatus supports planned intensity and volume, while a poor status can reduce performance potential and raise injury risk.

Assessment typically combines subjective and objective data collected daily. Common methods include wellness questionnaires (sleep, fatigue, muscle soreness, mood), resting heart rate and heart rate variability, and training-load metrics such as session-RPE or TRIMP. Results are interpreted in context, with trends over time and the interaction of multiple indicators guiding decisions rather than any single measure.

Applications include adjusting daily training load, planning recovery or tapering, and timing competition blocks. By monitoring treningsstatus, coaches aim to maximize adaptation while minimizing overreaching and illness.

Limitations include substantial individual variation, measurement error, and the influence of external stressors. Treningsstatus is a tool within a broader athlete-monitoring framework and should not be used as a standalone medical diagnosis.

See also: overtraining syndrome, periodization, readiness to train, athlete monitoring, HRV.