Fitness profiling, training load monitoring and predictive modelling with Shane Malone (Sports Scientist & PhD student) & Shane Mangan (Sports Scientist & member of Gaelic Sports Research Centre)

This is part 2 of the chat with Shane Malone and Shane Mangan. You can find part 1 here. In this episode we delve a little deeper into training load monitoring and the intricacies around using GPS and other methods. Shane Mangan also speaks on Elo predictive modelling which is a really interesting chat and links nicely with a previous episode of the podcast with Sam Robertson. We also replicate a discussion I had with Aaron Coutts around the positives and negatives of the acute:chronic ratio. Enjoy!

In this episode, you will learn -

• Who is  Shane Malone & Shane Mangan(background, education and current role)
• Fitness profiling
  • Why?
  • What?
  • How?
• Training load monitoring
  • Acute:Chronic
    • Positives and negatives
  • GPS
  • RPE
• Elo predictive modelling
  • What is it?
  • How it can be useful
• Integration of sports science within a interdisciplinary team

Shane Malone can be found on Twitter @Shanemalone01

Shane Mangan can be found on Twitter @shane_mangan

Keep up to date with everything that is going on with the podcast by following on Twitter @strengthofsci or visiting strengthofscience.com.

Enjoy

PP