Macrocycle
A macrocycle is the long planning horizon, typically six months to a year, grouping every mesocycle that leads to a larger goal. It defines the order of the phases — accumulation, intensification, realization — and where deloads and peaks land within the season.
Macrocycle
A macrocycle is the long planning horizon, typically six months to a year, grouping every mesocycle that leads to a larger goal. It defines the order of the phases — accumulation, intensification, realization — and where deloads and peaks land within the season.
In practice
It makes sense when there is a date: a competition, a physical test, a trip. With no date, the macrocycle ends up a document nobody opens.
Related terms
PeriodizationPeriodization is organizing training into blocks with different goals and loads over time, so an athlete arrives at a given moment in the best possible state and stops stallingMesocycleA mesocycle is a training block of roughly three to six weeks with one dominant goal, such as accumulating volume or expressing strengthMicrocycleA microcycle is the smallest planning unit, almost always one weekSee the whole glossary
