Introduction In this article, I am going to outline some changes to the athletics program we run at the Shinergy Base Vienna. Please excuse the quality of the figures - for the most part, I just took pictures of the material on the whiteboard I have in the gym. In a pinch, it will suffice. … Athletics 2019 – Improving on the System weiterlesen
Kategorie: thoughts on strength and conditioning
Thoughts on Strength and Conditioning: Same, but different
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
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
Thougts on S&C Training: A halfway report
I'm on my train to Linz. Some time ago, I went through the [instructor] course for "general body education" there – simply said, it's a fitness instructor course. The course took four weeks spread over one semester, with exams being held at the beginning of each week. This time, it'll be a total time of … Thougts on S&C Training: A halfway report weiterlesen
Thoughts on S&C training: cleaning things up
Over the last years, I’ve worked relentlessly at creating an S&C training system for my students. The system I came up with was nothing new, at all – rather, it was the adaptation of known ideas and methods to our (i.e., martial artists) needs. The basic premise was that each session needs to improve all … Thoughts on S&C training: cleaning things up weiterlesen