ORIGINAL RESEARCH article
Front. Sports Act. Living
Sec. Exercise Physiology
Volume 7 - 2025 | doi: 10.3389/fspor.2025.1636827
This article is part of the Research TopicTraining Load in Sport: Current Challenges and Future Perspectives - Volume IIView all 6 articles
Session-RPE for Quantifying Workload in Olympic Curling Athletes
Provisionally accepted
JUNQI WU
CHUNLEI LI*- Beijing Sport University, Beijing, China
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Objective: To investigate the correlation between different workload methods among Olympic curling athletes.: Eight curlers were monitored after training during Olympic seasons with three load quantification methods: external load measurements, physiological/biochemical markers, and Omegawave state indices. Intraclass Correlation Coefficient and Bland-Altman plots were used to analyze the Session-RPE index [sRPE workload (RPE × session duration), acute:chronic workload ratio (ACWR), etc.], external [number of draws (the number of curling stones thrown during training/competition), training duration, etc.], and internal [physiological and biochemical indices (testosterone, etc.), and Omegawave sport performance evaluation system indices (comprehensive readiness, etc.)] workloads.The sRPE index was significantly correlated with external loads and Omegawave sport performance indicators at the 0.01 level (p < 0.01); it was significantly correlated with cortisol and creatine kinase at the 0.05 level (p < 0.05). In the standardized ICC and Bland-Altman plot concordance analyses, the sRPE correlates showed moderate (0.4
Keywords: load monitoring, sRPE, Olympic, curling, Omegawave
Received: 28 May 2025; Accepted: 18 Aug 2025.
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* Correspondence: CHUNLEI LI, Beijing Sport University, Beijing, China
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