Purpose. the objective was to verify the effects of equal training applied during a training macrocycle on the physiological indicators, body composition measures, and explosiveness of recreational runners. Methods. the sample consisted of 12 recreational runners, 7 men and 5 women (aged 42.3 ± 5.4 and 39.2 ± 6.5 years, respectively). the macrocycle was 12 weeks long. In pre-and post-training period, the subjects were submitted to anthropometric measurements and tests to determine the maximal oxygen consumption, velocity associated with maximal oxygen consumption, running economy, and strength of the lower limbs. Results. Significant adaptations were verified between the indicators of countermovement jump (p < 0.036) and maximal oxygen consumption (p < 0.003). Moderate correlations were observed between weight and countermovement jump ( = -0.664), weight and drop jump ( = -0.657), body fat percentage and drop jump ( = -0.636). trivial effect sizes were reported for all variables. Conclusions. the results evidenced that the loads applied were sufficient only to generate significant adaptations in the muscle strength and aerobic power of the subjects.

Purpose. the objective was to characterize training loads distribution among Brazilian national U-19 male volleyball players. Methods. Documentary research was performed to analyse 8 training diaries. the contents were tabulated in a spreadsheet and classified into variables and subvariables. Data for each macrocycle were classified depending on the time spent on each variable and the percentage of time on each of them. to identify differences in time of each year for each training attribute, a model was executed in minutes and another based on the percentage of time spent on each variable (technical-tactical training, physical conditioning, physical tests, friendly games, recreational activities, official games) and subvariable (weight training, anaerobic power, aerobic power, jumping power, flexibility, postural work, recovery activities, proprioception, coordination). the results were stratified by tertiles. the Levene's test verified the homogeneity assumption. Comparisons involved analysis of variance test followed by the Bonferroni post-hoc, with a significance of p < 0.05. the data are presented as descriptive statistics. Results. the longest macrocycle lasted 29 weeks and the shortest 12 weeks. the largest distribution was for technical-tactical training (ca. 49.2%) followed by physical conditioning (ca. 27.5%). No significant differences were found between the variables during the analysed period. However, weight training became the main method of physical conditioning over the years; this variable improved as the training loads adjusted to the real game demands. Conclusions. the observed periodization corroborates the training methodology indicated by literature. Characterizing sports preparation macrocycles can guide trainers to establish their own effective periodization models.