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Allostatic Load vs. Total Training Load: What’s the Difference and Why Should You Care?

Allostatic Load vs. Total Training Load: What’s the Difference and Why Should You Care?

By: Ryan Provencher, Firefighter Peak Performance Founder and Executive Fitness Advisor for CRACKYL Magazine

The physical, mental, and emotional demands for firefighters are often high. To maintain health and well-being throughout our careers, it is important that we are mindful of the stress we experience day to day.

There are two types of “stress loads” that we might consider at different stages of our firefighting career. We will define and discuss stress related to “Allostatic Load” and “Total Training Load” and the impacts of these stressors in Recruit Academy, Operations, and Administration…

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