Table 1.

External training load calculated using two different quantification methods in professional soccer (n = 302 training observations).

Method	Mean ± SD	Range	CV (%)	SWC
Low-speed activities
Arbitrary (%)	89.1 ± 6.9	54.3; 99.7	7.83	1.2
Individualized (%)	17.6 ± 17.1	1.1; 84.8	96.93	3.6
Bias (90% CI)	70.5 (44.4; 96.7)
Moderate-speed running
Arbitrary (%)	7.9 ± 4.2	0.2; 26.8	53.45	0.8
Individualized (%)	77.2 ± 18.7	14.2; 133.0	24.25	3.7
Bias (90% CI)	69.2 (38.9; 99.5)
High-speed running
Arbitrary (%)	2.6 ± 2.5	0.0; 16.9	96.50	0.5
Individualized (%)	4.9 ± 2.8	0.1; 18.4	56.95	0.5
Bias (90% CI)	2.3 (1.5; 6.2)
Sprinting
Arbitrary (%)	0.3 ± 0.7	0.0; 5.4	193.54	0.1
Individualized (%)	2.8 ± 2.7	0.0; 16.5	97.10	0.5
Bias (90% CI)	2.4 (2.0; 6.9)

CV = coefficient of variation, SWC = smallest worthwhile change.