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Recently the following dilemma has been posed on another site that I frequent: How come we preach to perform depth jumps for maximal height as opposed to the more common way of minimizing ground contact time (GCT)? Here was my reply: Shorter ground contacts are better at improving “reactive ability”. If you read Verkhoshansky’s [...] Well our series is drawing to a close. This article may be the simplest of the articles to date. Our exercise menu is small yet diverse. First we break down movement into basic categories: Squatting Lunging Hip Extension Knee Flexion Upper Body [...] Methods So we have covered a ton of information in the previous parts of this series. To get up to date please check out: Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Part 5 When discussing Looking back at training mode we see a general breakdown of exercise modalities, strength, power, and quickness. In the [...] Just jump into it Monday, June 08, 2009 By Alex Vasquez Months, and years, ago I purchased all of the WGF DVD’s. These DVD’s cover proper core function, exercises to activate and ingrain proper core and glute movement patterns, and finally the integration of the movement patterns into complex exercises like the squat and lunge. [...] Part 1 of this series covered exercise mode. In part 2 I discussed energy systems. Part 3 is the linchpin to the series covering autoregulation and training splits. Part 4 examined the two types of work capacity in sports repetitive and peak and looked at how to manipulate the autoregulation process to target your specific [...] It is time for part 4 of our ongoing series examining the keys to effective program design. In part 1 I discussed training mode, part 2 covered energy systems, and in part 3 we looked at autoregulatory training and training split. This weeks article will look at work capacity. Work Capacity This was touched upon [...] Welcome back. In part 1 of this series we discussed training mode. In part 2 I discussed energy systems and made a case for you to time your sets. Now in part 3 we are going to discuss volume management and training split. We will begin with volume management as it lays the foundation for [...] In part 1 of the Seven Keys we discussed the exercise type or mode. We identified three different modes of exercise. They are quickness, power, and strength. Power was further subdivided into speed-strength and strength-speed. Now we will begin to look at a common variable: repetitions. Most people are familiar [...] This will be the first installment of a seven part series examining the seven variables one can manipulate to design a training program. The first variable one can manipulate is the mode, or type, of exercise. Essentially all movements can be broken down into three types of exercise: quickness, power, [...] Recently there was an article published on Dave Tate’s site Elite Fitness busting speed training myths. In this article the first myth that was “busted” was that agility training improves football agility. The author went on to state that running through agility drills may help a beginner but the return on investment [...] |
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