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Jun '24 •
NEW VIDEO: Are the olympic lifts necessary for athletic development
https://youtu.be/7MaI3Xs3uj0 Don't forget to leave a comment and like the video to get it pumping in the algorithm! Curious to hear everyone's thoughts on this
0 likes • 14d
Probably a broad question, but how does everyone like to program the olympic lifts for their respective clientele? An area of weakness for myself is particularly load selection coming from a powerlifting, % and RPE based background. Especially with Olympic variations.
0 likes • Jan 20
Really liked this one as it’s not something I’ve seen done in traditional S&C space too often, but has been highly adopted in the powerlifting space. So it’s cool seeing it talked about. I usually like to do this in more traditional off-season periods given the fatigue that can occur from these higher intensity top sets then backdowns are usually a ~10% drop with an additional ~3% drop for each additional rep if any (generally speaking). In season I’ve biased more towards an ascending set structure as it saves a good bit of time and load limits a good bit too.
Jan 2 •
Train what you're good at or fill the gaps?
So I listened to a podcast with Bill Hartman a while back ago and the topic of training for or against athlete's "superpowers" was discussed. I'm going from memory so I may not be completely or accurately be describing the topic here and I am still working out my thoughts so I apologize if the question is hard to get to or I'm not accurately depicting the point. Basically the idea was you don't want to stray too far in training (S&C) from what an athlete is built/adapted for in fear of robbing them of their "superpower" (example of a narrow ISA doing heavy strength training past a certain point was used in the podcast). My understanding of this is for example say you're working with a jumper of some kind who is very elastic/springy. The training you prescribe would align more with what they're good at (ie shorter impulse work, perhaps shorter ROM, avoiding high load/lower velo prescriptions and biasing more towards higher velocity lower load prescriptions). Now what's conflicting for me is how this works with the fill the gaps or insurance policy approach that's tended to be popular within S&C which basically says fill in the space that the sport is missing. So lets say you are working with the same jumper from the example above except this time you know they are good at shorter impulse work and they are getting a good bit of stimulus from practice so you fill the gaps with more traditional strength and hypertrophy training. Perhaps I am taking this in too much of an absolutist mentality, but what are your guys' thoughts here? Do you fill the gaps or do you try to align your training with the athlete and what they're built/adapted for?
1 like • Jan 3
@Angus Bradley What would you say that application is? I imagine it could help determine position or event based on the sport, but at my level those are pretty well solidified already.
Dec '24 •
Autoregulation
Hi all! Excited to learn from Angus and everyone in the community...What are everyones favorite strategies to implement auto-regulation?
1 like • Jan 2
Depends on the athlete and the exercise but generally RPE/RIR is a mainstay. If its a bigger lift that I have a good bit of data on I'll program a weight or weight range I want the athlete to be in. I've also seen success in programming AMRAPs on certain exercises/contexts so an athlete has a true feel for what 9-10 RPE feels like if they're newer
Aug '24 •
Weighted Jumps
Where do weighted jump variations fall within your guys' plyometric toolbox? Is it something you utilize often or more something that is a case by case scenario? I lean heavily on Matt Watson's plyo continuum/classification and I know he will utilize them in deep tier for coordination/COM control - but what about higher performance outcomes/perhaps GRF work? Thanks!
0 likes • Dec '24
@Angus Bradley and in that instance it makes total sense, surf away - I wish I could haha. Strength and conditioning rarely happens in isolation in my setting. Our most consistent training periods rarely happen without some level of practice volumes that lends to a balance for time and resources. In a time constrained and vertically integrated model this is just what I’ve found works best.
0 likes • Jan 2
@Christian Bosse so true - tough to put comments into full context and to encapsulate all thoughts on a complex topic so I get it. Regardless I appreciate you taking the time to expand on your thoughts and go back and forth here. Ultimately I think you're right in that "if it makes sense include it, if not don't bother" especially if it does/doesn't fit within your training model, your constraints, time of year, and the sport you're training for.
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