Thoughts on Strength & Conditioning: Introducing EMOM sets

1 IntroductionEMOM is an acronym for "every minute, on the minute" and describes a certain way to organize a strength training session. Upon each full minute, the athlete performs a prescribed, usually low, number of repetitions of a strength exercise. Short rest periods increase the cardiovascular demand of such sessions and directly affect the athlete's … Thoughts on Strength & Conditioning: Introducing EMOM sets weiterlesen

Event Report: Valentin at the XXIV Open Polish Taekwondo Championships in Krakow, Poland

As promised, I'll be uploading some video over the course of the next days and weeks. Here's Valentin at the XXIV Open Polish Taekwondo Championships 2017 in Krakow. Valentin had three fight, laid out as follows:In semi-contact, the division was pretty small. In fact, it was just four competitors. Valentin lost the first fight and … Event Report: Valentin at the XXIV Open Polish Taekwondo Championships in Krakow, Poland weiterlesen

Thoughts on Training – Periodizing Group Classes

Group training is a tricky thing. On the one hand, everyone has different needs and a different starting point that needs to be taken into consideration. On the other hand, though, it totally makes sense to periodize training in order to maximize adaptations. In the Athletics class, this is easy. We run our athletes through an … Thoughts on Training – Periodizing Group Classes weiterlesen