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Glossary

Plain-language meanings for the terms used throughout Peaklab.

Training and recovery

  • Training load: an indication of how demanding recorded training was.
  • Fitness / fatigue / form: views of accumulated training, recent demands and their balance.
  • HRV: variation between heartbeats, used as part of recovery context.
  • Resting HR: heart rate measured at rest.
  • Baseline: your own typical history used to put readings in context.
  • Readiness: a summary of available context for today’s training, not medical clearance.

Workouts and racing

  • FTP: a cycling power threshold used to describe training intensity.
  • LTHR: a sport-specific threshold heart-rate reference for zones.
  • CP: critical power, a cycling power-profile estimate used in race analysis.
  • W′: a modelled high-intensity work reserve.
  • NP: a power summary that reflects variation in effort.
  • GPX: a file format that can contain route points and elevation.
  • Pacing: distributing effort across a course.

Connections

  • Sync: updating Peaklab from connected services.
  • Source priority: your preference when providers supply overlapping data.
  • MCP: a connection protocol through which an external AI can use Peaklab tools.
  • API key: a secret credential. Treat it like a password.
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