FITNESS GAINS HAVE TO BE BALANCED AGAINST FATIGUE AND RECOVERY

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Use the planner and optional extra training to prepare a team rather than endlessly adding work.

TRAINING HAS A COST

Training has a cost

Work can build experience and readiness, but it also adds fatigue. More is not automatically better.

RECOVERY MATTERS

Recovery matters

A pigeon that cannot recover before basketing may arrive at race day in worse condition despite doing more training.

DIFFERENT JOBS

Different jobs

Short preparation, progressive road work and race-distance demands reward different balances of speed, stamina, endurance and orientation.

MANAGER JUDGEMENT

Manager judgement

The aim is not to discover one universal schedule. It is to read your own birds and make trade-offs.

YOUR LOFT. YOUR DECISIONS.

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