Programming Updates for March 2021 Post #2
Programming updates for March 2021 Post #2 Our test for push-ups and pull-ups will look like the following: Find your 5RM weighted plank push-ups Find your 2RM weighted strict pull-ups Now, we don’t expect everyone to be adding external load to their push-ups and…
Programming Updates March 2021
Programming Updates March 2021 Post #1 Wow! It’s been a whole year since we had to go virtual and do zoom TT classes. Can you believe it?! Though we’re still all GeTTing thru iTT, we as your coaches are very proud of your commitment, dedication,…
Programming updates, Testing, and FAQ
What exactly are we doing and why? The goal of this cycle is to enhance our well roundedness…our “symmetry”, if you will. Put another way, working to improve our weaknesses and build a foundation for the rest of the year. How do we start…
Programming Updates-Fall 2019
Programming Notes Onto a new cycle! Hooray! Congratulations on finishing a tough progressive cycle. We really honed in on our 3 main lifts and got a lot out of them. It’s very impressive to see such a difference in movement patterns and strength from start…
Notes on present cycle (Absolute Strength)
Why the 1 Rep. Max (1RM)? When we ask you to build to a max for the day, we are asking what is the most weight you can lift today for 1 rep. for a given movement. This is also called absolute strength because a…
Programming Updates Summer 2019
Beginnings of a New Cycle – What we were doing? Re-building phase. Our primary goal was to slow down movements and focus on the positions of fundamental movements to lay our foundation for future cycles. This is not to say there’s no more focus on…
Summer Mesocycle Update, 2017
As June rolls in so does a new phase of programming. The goals themselves haven’t changed much. We will still be working to increase our aerobic capacity and pacing skills, lower/upper body strength, and gymnastic proficiency but we will be approaching it slightly differently. In…
Programming Update: Mesocycle Overview – January/February, 2016
As with most things in life, it’s often easier to perform exceptionally difficult tasks when you have some context for WHY you’re doing them. That’s why we try to give everyone a sense as to what our training objectives are during each training mesocycle. Although…
Programming Update: Mesocycle Overview, August/Sept. 2015
As with most things in life, it’s often easier to perform exceptionally difficult tasks when you have some context for WHY you’re doing them. That’s why we try to give everyone a sense as to what our training objectives are during each training mesocycle. Although…
Programming Update: Mesocycle Overview, June/July 2015
As with most things in life, it’s often easier to perform exceptionally difficult tasks when you have some context for WHY you’re doing them. That’s why we try to give everyone a sense as to what our training objectives are during each training mesocycle. Although…