Design two energy-matched sessions to separate intensity from total load
09 June 2026
Staff can match two football sessions on energy cost, varying only intensity, to expose what a single GPS total hides. In matched runs, players lost 12% strength after high-intensity work versus 10.6% after moderate running.
A coach reading one GPS total after training cannot know whether the work came from duration, repeated high-speed efforts, or both.
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