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Base Building: Utilizing Max Effort
Tue Jan 09, 2024
Four Weeks to a Squat PR: Week 4
A coach's training methods must account for the dynamic nature of sports practice, sports competitions, and daily life. As a coach, if you want your athletes to be as successful as possible, you must be able to design a training plan that meets the athletes where they are currently, not where some pre-written plan expects them to be.
Thu Dec 14, 2023
Four Weeks to a Squat PR: Week 3
Sun Dec 03, 2023
Four Weeks to a Squat PR: Week 2
It is now the second week of our four-week squat PR plan. Last week, we performed a 2" mat deadlift, working up to a top-set single. We selected this exercise for two reasons. First, we typically want to perform a deadlift variation once every four weeks. However, with a max effort squat attempt scheduled, we want to ensure we arrive at that day with as little accrued fatigue as possible.
Mon Nov 27, 2023
Four Weeks to a Squat PR: Week 1
Wed Nov 15, 2023
Four Weeks to an Overhead Press PR: Week 4
Wed Jun 14, 2023
Four Weeks to an Overhead Press PR: Week 3
Sat Jun 03, 2023
Four Weeks to an Overhead Press PR: Week 2
Sun May 21, 2023
Four Weeks to a Bench PR: Week Two
Ideally, an athlete should be rolling into the training week feeling adequately recovered and ready to handle some heavy weights. This week, we will work up to our first max-effort single attempt of the four-week PR training plan. This week will test an athlete's most significant weakness in the bench press.
Sat Nov 12, 2022
Four Weeks to a Bench PR: Week One
As you accumulate training time, you may reach a point you cannot consistently hit a PR lift when you train a max-effort exercise.
Fortunately, this is not that big of an issue. The intention of max-effort training is to lift the heaviest weight possible, with the goal being to recruit the greatest number of motor units possible. By achieving maximal motor unit recruitment, we can improve absolute strength, eventually leading to a new PR lift being established.
Fri Nov 04, 2022
Absolute Strength for Grapplers
One important attribute in all sports, especially grappling sports, is absolute strength. Absolute strength represents the maximal amount of force an athlete can produce. Gains in absolute strength for a grappler lead to stronger takedowns, better sprawls, improved control, and the ability to use strength to force submissions when technique fails.