title: The Work Endurance Recovery Method for Quantifying Training Loads in Judo.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To adapt the work endurance recovery (WER) method based on randori maximal time to exhaustion (RMTE) for combat situations in judo.
  
  
  METHODS
  Eleven international-standard judo athletes (7 men and 4 women; mean age 20.73 ± 2.49 y, height 1.72 ± 0.11 m, body mass 67.36 ± 10.67 kg) were recruited to take part in the study. All participants performed a maximal incremental test (MIT), a Wingate test (WIN), a Special Judo Fitness Test (SJFT), and 2 RMTE tests. They then took part in a session at an international training camp in Barcelona, Spain, in which 4 methods of load quantification were implemented: the WER method, the Stagno method, the Lucia method, and the session rating of perceived exertion (RPEsession).
  
  
  RESULTS
  RMTE demonstrated a very high test-retest reliability (intraclass correlation coefficient = .91), and correlations of the performance tests ranged from moderate to high: RMTE and MIT (r = .66), RMTE and WIN variables (r = .38-.53), RMTE and SJFT variables (r = .74-.77). The correlation between the WER method, which considers time to exhaustion, and the other systems for quantifying training load was high: WER and RPEsession(r = .87), WER and Stagno (r = .77), WER and Lucia (r = .73). A comparative repeated-measures analysis of variance of the normalized values of the quantification did not yield statistically significant differences.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The WER method using RMTE is highly adaptable to quantify randori judo sessions and enables one to plan a priori individualized training loads.
authors.forename: Jose
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Morales
authors.forename: Emerson
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Franchini
authors.forename: Xavier
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Garcia-Massó
authors.forename: Mónica
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Solana-Tramunt
authors.forename: Bernat
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Buscà
authors.forename: Luis-Millán
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: González
mesh_terms: D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005080:Exercise Test; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D016139:Martial Arts / Q000502:physiology*; D064797:Physical Conditioning, Human / Q000379:methods*; D010807:Physical Endurance / Q000502:physiology*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Lucia; RPE session; Stagno; judo training camp; randori; time to exhaustion