Started my base training.. nothing different from my previous base but my high risk graph trending deeper?

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not sure why, the only difference this time is ive added my HRV, sleep monitoring.

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It’s difficult to answer without more information: graphs, training data, (changes in) zones and/or power & pave boundaries, comparison graphs, etc.

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Did you check the Form setting? If it reverted to default % and it was on Absolute values before, you will see that with lower fitness values.

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hi Yeah its always absolute value.

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here is the graph…

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It looks to be a steeper ramp for a longer duration than you’ve had at any time in the past. That’ll do it.

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thanks… what should i do?

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Depends on how you feel…
HRV indicates a rather low RHR combined with a pretty high HRV. That “could” indicate a state of acute fatigue. But there is limited historical data, so I would suggest you asses for yourself how you feel.
If you feel good, just don’t increase the load anymore for the first couple of weeks and let things stabilize. Fitness will go up and with a similar load, fatigue will go down and form will go up.
If you do feel fatigued, take a recovery week and then resume training with a slightly lower ramp.
When fitness is on the lower side, the graph responds quickly on any change in load.

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Thanks! i dont feel fatigued at all… i just started my 12 weeks base, prior to that i dont have a consistent training since there is no race coming up ;). the only change i did this time is really capturing my HRV, resting heart rate and sleep. other than that i feel normal. My HRV is trending ok as well as i started my consistent training. resting heart rate going back t low 50s to high 40s.

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also this week will be recovery week for me…

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One thing to take note is that sometimes athletes will feel good, or even great, and want to keep increasing load instead of allowing for adaptations to develop via stabilising or unloading a bit. It can be an indication that backing off a bit is warranted. When the immune system hits the turbo button in an attempt to handle what’s going on there’s an increase in energy. Athletes misunderstand this as permission to charge forward. Beware. A cliff may be right over the rise. How do we know the difference? Look for changes in subjective metrics, and for exactly the pattern mentioned by @MedTechCD.

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This conversation, especially towards the end, may help provide some information for decision making.

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