Microcycle
A microcycle is the smallest planning unit, almost always one week. It defines which sessions happen, in what order and at what relative load, so hard and light work end up distributed instead of stacking two demanding days in a row on the same muscle group.
Microcycle
A microcycle is the smallest planning unit, almost always one week. It defines which sessions happen, in what order and at what relative load, so hard and light work end up distributed instead of stacking two demanding days in a row on the same muscle group.
In practice
It is where the client's real calendar enters the program. A microcycle that ignores that the person trains Monday, Wednesday and Friday does not get followed.
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 strengthMacrocycleA macrocycle is the long planning horizon, typically six months to a year, grouping every mesocycle that leads to a larger goalSee the whole glossary
