Glossary

Terms you will see in dashboards and the RPE Pulse Score.

RPE: Post-session perceived exertion (modified CR10-style scale, 0–10).
Session load: Session load = RPE × the athlete's actual duration, following Foster's session-RPE method. Sessions are summed for individual load; accumulating them over 14, 28, or more days is an RPE Pulse descriptive view, not a standalone Foster metric. Athletes are compared only within the same period, and the squad uses the arithmetic mean of available individual loads, not a squad-wide total.
Wellness: Daily pre-session check with five responses: sleep, fatigue, muscle soreness (DOMS), stress, and mood (1–10). The average uses only eligible check-ins since membership and under the coach policy; missing is not zero.
ACWR: Acute:Chronic Workload Ratio. RPE Pulse uses an uncoupled EWMA: 7-day acute EWMA over a 28-day chronic EWMA closed 7 days earlier. It gives more weight to recent load without mixing it into the chronic reference. It is a monitoring signal, not an individual diagnosis.
Monotony: In each rolling 7-date window, monotony = mean of evaluable daily loads ÷ population standard deviation of those same loads (at least 5 evaluable days, including rest days at 0 AU). A day with a completed scheduled session and no RPE is N/A and excluded; with two sessions and only one RPE, that recorded load is doubled for this calculation. If the sum is 0, monotony = 0; with positive load and zero deviation, RPE Pulse sets it to 2.5. The chart shows two decimals and classifies that displayed value: below 1, alert for very uneven loads; 1 to 1.5, optimal; above 1.5 and below 2, caution; from 2, alert for high monotony. Zero and N/A windows have no point and leave a gap; one valid point is shown on its own. These are product display rules, not a diagnosis.
Strain: Weekly load × monotony, interpreted vs the athlete’s history as an overload/fatigue signal.
Protocol adherence: Equal-weight average of Wellness and RPE compliance. It measures completeness and data confidence; it is not part of the RPE Pulse Score and does not measure training attendance.
RPE Pulse Score: Composite readiness index 1–10 (higher = better) from wellness, ACWR, and strain. A monitoring tool; not a validated injury predictor.