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Over the following days, I will briefly go over some of the lectures at this year's PSTM conference in Wroclaw. These short articles will not be exhaustive summaries but rather a collection of bullet points on the most important concepts and ideas (in my opinion). Today, I cover Michael McGurn's lecture on the application of … PSTM Conference 2019 – Summary #4 weiterlesen
I spent last weekend in Wroclaw, at the polish strength and conditioning associations annual conference, which dealt with the topic "Bridging the gap". The lineup of speakers was unbelieveable. Seldom (if ever) did I witness such an incredible amount of experience in one place. Olympic caliber coaches such as Rett Larson and Randy Huntington presented … PSTM 2018 Recap weiterlesen
I'm still pondering the idea that variation might be the single most important mechanism underlying all forms of periodization. Also, I've come to further move away from power lifting concepts every single day when it comes to training athletes. Truly, the only athlete that needs to high bar squat is probably an Olympic weightlifter. The … Thoughts on Strength and Conditioning: Same, but different weiterlesen
Introduction I'm currently undergoing the EXOS Performance Specialist certification. In the Exos system, a concurrent approach to training is chosen. I recall Mike Boyle saying in some Episode of the strength coach podcast that his athletes always do concurrent training in hence they always train for speed and strength and condition as well. Now whether … Concurrent Training for Combat Sports weiterlesen
Just finished this year’s first 5/3/1 cycle. As usual, we had two weekly S&C sessions. Unlike our previous cycles, we upped the volume a bit. Instead of limiting ourselves to [Wendler’s original 4 exercises], we did the following 6 as “main lifts”:Deadlift Squat (atg) Bench Press Press Bent over barbell rows Pull-UpsSo, following a functional … 2013: a new beginning weiterlesen
Today, I finished another 5/3/1 cylce. Tomorrow, I'll be on my way to Poland for a short vacation with my family. Good time for a deload week.The Program I've covered the basic idea of 5/3/1 as well as my tweaks in quite a couple of posts, so here I'll just present the weekly schedule:Monday: Power Snatch … 5/3/1 July 2012 weiterlesen
Today, I finished another 5/3/1 cycle. Next week is deload. About time, if you ask me...The pastBack in April before I started my first 5/3/1 cycle, I did proper 1RM testing. Here's what I found:SquatDeadliftBenchPressPower CleanPower Snatch140,0kg140,0kg90,0kg60,0kg67,5kg57,5kgNot impressive by any means, but it's a starting point. Now since squatting heavy ARMAP (as many reps as … 5/3/1 June 2012 weiterlesen
Today I did my last S&C session before my upcoming fight (which will take place on May 19th). I was in the gym from 15:50 - 16:55, so the whole thing took me just around an hour. Since I've elaborated my current routine in great detail in this post, I'm not going to repeat that … Fight Prep: 2012-05-11 weiterlesen
Yesterday, I hit the gym for what I thought was going to be a recuperation session. I had my last fight on april 14th, after which I basically took a week off in terms of training. So, instead of jumping right back into Wendler's 5/3/1 training, I decided to do a "hotel room workout". You … Thoughts on Strength & Conditioning: Iron Core + Kettlebell Complexes weiterlesen
Since I'm currently not holding any regular conditioning classes (due to our summer break), I add 15 minutes of circuit training at the end of each Shinergy class. On thursday, I heard one of my athletes say "those were the hardest 15 minutes of my life". Seems like I'm doing something right.Our circuit follow a … The hardest 15 minutes: On circuit training weiterlesen
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