Monthly training loads of sub-elite rugby league players over three consecutive pre-season preparation periods
| 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Intensity | Duration | Load | Intensity | Duration | Load | Intensity | Duration | Load | |
| Values are reported as means (95% CI). CI, confidence interval. | |||||||||
| December | 4.7 (4.4 to 5.0) | 59 (57 to 61) | 278 (262 to 294) | 4.0 (3.6 to 4.4) | 58 (57 to 59) | 237 (215 to 259) | 3.5 (3.3 to 3.7) | 62 (61 to 63) | 221 (205 to 236) |
| January | 4.0 (3.8 to 4.2) | 79 (78 to 80) | 311 (297 to 325) | 4.0 (3.7 to 4.3) | 61 (60 to 62) | 242 (224 to 260) | 3.9 (3.7 to 4.1) | 76 (75 to 77) | 299 (281 to 317) |
| February | 4.4 (4.2 to 4.6) | 86 (85 to 87) | 385 (362 to 408) | 4.3 (4.0 to 4.6) | 77 (76 to 78) | 338 (315 to 361) | 4.0 (3.7 to 4.4) | 83 (82 to 84) | 336 (307 to 365) |
| March | 3.7 (3.5 to 3.9) | 86 (85 to 87) | 330 (310 to 350) | 3.3 (2.9 to 3.7) | 67 (64 to 70) | 225 (198 to 252) | 4.2 (3.8 to 4.6) | 80 (78 to 82) | 335 (300 to 370) |