Strain
Strain and recovery are on different scales, so they are never plotted on one pair of axes here — a dual-axis version of this chart invents a relationship. Instead: one measure per axis, and a deviation series that has a real zero.
Both are exponentially weighted strain in the same units, so they legitimately share an axis. Their ratio is the number that matters: 0.80–1.30 is the productive band.
Last 60 days.
Today's strain
11.5
Supported range 12.42–15.42
Acute : chronic
1.02×
Adding stimulus at a rate your base absorbs
This week
79
−12 vs last week
Total strain across 7 days
Days over recovery
10/ 45
Mean deviation −2.4 strain
Every dot is a day. The shaded diagonal is the strain each recovery level supports — dots above it are days you outran your recovery.
Strain minus what that day's recovery supported. One measure, so one axis, with a real zero.
Where your training is running relative to your capacity.
Today's strain target is 13.9Note
On 72% recovery, a session landing between 12.4 and 15.4 strain adds stimulus without digging a hole. You are at 11.5 so far.
You have left capacity unused on 19 of the last 30 daysNote
Average of 2.6 strain below what your recovery supported. Your body has been offering more than you have asked of it.
Training load is in the productive band (1.02×)Good
Acute 11.1 against chronic 10.9. You are adding stimulus at a rate your base can absorb.