Block Periodization is not a one-size-fits-all training system. It is not a matter of sets x reps, exact exercises, and personal beliefs.
This revision and reconsideration of the ‘block’ misnomer helped me better understand concentrated loading and produced a new way to program each lift.
Stop burying your athletes into the ground and do only as much training as needed for optimal results.
A tree measured but not watered will show no growth. Know when to put down the yardstick and pick up the watering can.
This basic template gives you five, 14-day microcycles to revamp that old-school program and give you new-age gains.
Technique and programming are so complex that bench pressing is a sport in, and of, itself.
Do you really need to train your youth athletes like Bulgarian weightlifters?
Being a coach requires more than just body-slamming fans who storm the field.
A purpose-driven guide to fitting training in your life without having to resort to bedroom push-ups.
With a complex organism such as the human body, answers to questions must contain a broad analysis covering various components.
Bodybuilding magazines have promulgated the myth of muscle confusion. While it sounds ridiculous, a slight tweaking in your exercises will grease the path of continued progress.
One can not ignore the necessity of regulating training volume. Rest in peace, Mike Mentzer.
What do you do when a win for yourself is a loss for your team?
In the authors previous article he sold you on the importance of solid programming. In this one, he delivers the game plan.
Teach your kids to be the best they can be, not the best on YouTube.
Program your training based on goals, energy systems, and sport requirements.
When designing programs, don’t follow any blind allegiance to a certain template.
For those training without a competition planned, are you making the best use of intelligent programming?
Are you trying so hard to categorize your training under a marketed label that it is no longer optimal for your strength needs?
Which are you: raging bull or exercise scientist?
Moderate your training for optimal gains.
The term strength and conditioning usually brings visions of a meathead coach loading plates, spotting athletes, and screaming motivational words.
Naspinski once again visits block periodization and offers tips you can apply to your training in the coming year.
Take an objective look at your needs and figure out a plan that will achieve these goals.
When it comes to training athletes, certain individualities need to be considered.
Gabriel Naspinki interviews Buddy Morris at the Elitefts Learn to Train 6 Seminar.
I think it is important to look to the past to avoid future mistakes.
By examining your training and categorizing your movements, you can prioritize to achieve results.
I have had the privilege of mentoring numerous interns trying to become a strength & conditioning coach
When selecting special exercises, remember to look at the individual athlete and things that are unique to his event, technique, or position.
Who you ridin’ with? Them or us? Deep love or cheap lust?
When looking at the subject of heredity, it’s important to understand that some aspects are strongly correlated and others have less bearing.
Take a look at how to use overreaching as a tool to either break plateaus or use before a planned layoff from training.
Shutting out information simply because it doesn’t come from a narrow scope of influences that appeal will limit long-term progress.
You’re only limited by as much information and ability as you have to logically modify your programming.
You would be hard pressed to find another seminar anywhere with the stacked deck in attendance at the LTT6.
Training is not a process that should be equated to randomly throwing shit at the wall to see what sticks.
Training is best when aged slowly, like a fine wine.
Planning your training and restoring a car…they’re not so different.
In training, is there really a clear-cut cause for any outcome?
Truth: Sometimes hard work isn’t enough, and success can’t be made from copying and pasting what someone else did.
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It’s been two years since his first article on block periodization was published. What has Gabriel Naspinski changed?