Technology certainly has mad tracking training and recovery data more accessible to the general public. (Check out our Monitoring recovery entry for more details on how to track recovery)
Heart rate monitor platforms and websites like TrainingPeaks can make logging your
training
super
convenient, just be aware of the following issues:
- If your training zones are not calibrated correctly on your watch and in TrainingPeaks, your training data will not log correctly.
Many professional skiers still chose to use ski-specific excel or google doc logs because they can track hours, modalities, workout type, and skiing related entries in a way that makes analyzing data very easy. Manual logs also allow you to easily log sessions when you did not wear a heart rate monitor and split up single sessions into various methods such as speed, distance, warm up, over-distance, specific strength, etc.
If you chose to use a manual log here is an excel version:
This video outlines the correct way to log training in the NTS excel training log document.
