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This article evaluates the use of heart rate variability (HRV) to guide endurance training and adjust training load according to an individual’s recovery status. The authors show that HRV-guided training can improve the consistency of training adaptations and may be especially useful for submaximal and autonomic outcomes, although it does not consistently produce greater improvements in VO₂max or endurance performance than predefined training programs. A major limitation is

The planet shapes us, but we are also reshaping the planet. The food we produce, the energy we use, the cities we build and the resources we consume all leave traces on Earth’s systems. Human activity contributes to climate change, biodiversity loss and pollution, placing increasing pressure on the natural systems that support life (Rockström et al., 2023). But the relationship does not end there. What we change in the environment eventually finds its way back to us. Rising t

We often think of human health as something personal, shaped by what we eat, how we move, or how we live. But our health is deeply connected to the planet that surrounds us. Planetary health describes this relationship as “the health of human civilisation and the state of the natural systems on which it depends” (Whitmee et al., 2015). The air we breathe, the food we grow, the water we drink, the animals we share ecosystems with, they are not separate stories. They are part o