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It sais I’m not allowed to open the document…. 🙁
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Fraggin’ noobs always fucks up your squat…
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That’s the greatest actor of our time in the display screen for the video, right?
Nicholas Cage?
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I hear he’s doing more independent stuff these days.
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*Week 8 Discussion*
“The overall long-term cyclic structuring of training and practice to maximise performance to coincide with important competitions is known as periodisation.” (Siff, M. p.314) This is a great definition, but an open one that I can see can lead to some of the intimidation factor Hatfield points out in his chapter. Setting up a periodized long term program for court and field sport athletes can be very challenging and intimidating on the surface, but if we don’t panic, follow some general guidlines and have “contingency” plans in order for unexpected occurrences it becomes a more manageable task.
I think many people can look at it in a negative light for a couple reasons. Coaches may stick to the same thing all the time because it worked great on one athlete or group and continues to “work” on others thus developing some monotony. Also, I use “work” much like Luke described in his video about if you do his chest blast program and gained 15 lbs on your bench that programmed worked but if John’s programmed added 200lbs then that obviously worked better and had a higher rate of accelerated adaptation. Or some programs may be installed on a group from a coach that just borrowed it from another coach without doing their due diligence on the type of athlete that was being worked with, training age, level, etc. Others may look at it as not enough variety and that it could not “constantly confuse” the muscles, a popular fucking tagline these days, so people will adapt to quickly thus it wouldn’t be effective.
There are valid points to be skeptical of periodisation, but that doesn’t mean you throw it out. Skepticism should drive corrections, innovation, and improvements not necessarily saying fuck it though. Siff lays out some great points, going back to the definition though it is really just a system of organization. He even states, “Whichever system of organisation is chosen, the underlying principle to be applied is that of optimal stress and restoration.” (p.312) Code for whatever you choose to due with a trainee, make sure it is optimal for them to reach their goals!
Have a plan, take into account the athlete’s schedule, figure out if the plan can be organized in such a way for the athlete (given their schedule) can efficiently reach said goals.
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@mcquilkin When you get a chance can you post yesterday’s lecture? Want to review notes for our amateur progression lecture
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@carlcase, uploading now. Very long, so taking more time than normal. 30 minutes ETA
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Thank you
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@mcquilkin @luke Going to post my activity video on the Amateur Progression here so I get it up, do you want to add a ACTIVITY WEEK 8 tab in that section?
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