Elite swimmers’ internal markers trajectories in ecological training conditions

This study examined the trajectories of elite swimmers’ recovery‐stress states and cardiac vagal‐related markers during a 3‐month training period preceding the national championship and their within‐person relationships with perceived control. A Multilevel Growth Curve Analysis ( MGCA ) approach was used with 21 male elite swimmers. Four waves of assessments of psychological (stress, recovery, perceived control) and physiological (heart rate...