Muscles and Management
Muscles and Management
Episode #49 A Practical Approach to Addressing Multiple Needs in a Training Program
*SHOW TIMESTAMPS FEATURED AT THE END*
In this episode Gerry returns solo to the mic to address and important topic in strength and conditioning: How do we determine the need for certain attributes (strength, power, speed etc.) and build them into a well balanced training program?
To start, the conversation discusses the importance of testing and using testing to assess what a particular athlete needs. This is the starting point in determining how much a program should focus on each particular attribute.
From there, Gerry discusses things like length of training cycles and how long you have to train, what the particular athlete is preparing for etc. and using them to determine the importance of each need and how much you should focus on it.
To finish, the episode gives a breakdown of what parts of your program you should track and a lesson on flexibility and following template driven programming.
All that and more on this episode of Muscles and Management!
Show Timestamps:
5:20- Tweet of The Week - In Season Programming
12:06- Addressing Multiple Needs in a Training Program
14:30- Why/When Conjugate Programming Makes Sense
16:25- Assess and Test Routinely
19:15- Attack Deficiencies
20:24- How Long You Have an Athlete For Affects Strategy
22:10- Mixing Dynamic and Full Effort Days
24:45- How Weight Affects Strength Ratio
25:51- Getting Results? Don’t Change Just To Change
29:00- Determining Priorities/Needs For Each Athlete
34:45- Determining Primary Goals and Using Them to Program
38:49- Accessories and Supplemental Movements
42:42- Adjusting Based on Athlete’s Sport
47:10- Don’t Plan Too Far Ahead, You Have To Adjust (Develop A Skeleton/Template)
54:54- Tracking Primary Movements