TRIPHASIC TRAINING
During my career I have been very fortunate to work with Cal Dietz on two different occasions. Working under him really shaped how I view training individuals. Due to this most of my programs I write to this day include the underlying principles found in Triphaisc. I hope you find as much success with them as I have.
During my career I have been very fortunate to work with Cal Dietz on two different occasions. Working under him really shaped how I view training individuals. Due to this most of my programs I write to this day include the underlying principles found in Triphaisc. I hope you find as much success with them as I have.
ELITE ATHLETE TRAINING
Elite athletes (both youth and adult) have very little time to address training away from their specific sport due to a multitude of reasons. One is because the competition season is so long, especially for those who make post-season, and is filled with competition. Two due to the grueling nature of competition a small period of the off-season is required to be used "time-off" for the athlete to recover from both a mental and physical standpoint. The above is mainly referring to adult athletes, when working with youth athletes you also need to consider the fact that most are now training year around in their sport. Leaving next to no time for training away from their sport to develop all of their non-specific qualities.
This leads me to my point that when a coach does indeed have time to train an athlete for a period of uninterrupted time they must take full advantage of it. To do this the training should be specific to the athlete based on their individual needs. These needs are developed through whatever test you choose to use on their athlete if it lines up with the demands of their given sport.
It is well known that the Block periodization is best used on elite athletes because as an athlete develops they require higher and higher levels of concentrated stress on specific adaptations to see further improvement. Even though this training style is optimal for the elites to see improvement, it requires a lengthy off-season because each phase of training is so specific a multitude of them is necessary to peak an athlete for their competitive season.
To offset this issue we all face when training elites, to short of off-seasons, our only real option is to take a vertical integration approach and address multiple issues at once. That is why I have put together programs below, as examples of training that can be put together to develop athletes in multiples areas they may struggle with at once. Both of these programs are just a few of the many possible options that can be changed based on the athletes needs.
Elite athletes (both youth and adult) have very little time to address training away from their specific sport due to a multitude of reasons. One is because the competition season is so long, especially for those who make post-season, and is filled with competition. Two due to the grueling nature of competition a small period of the off-season is required to be used "time-off" for the athlete to recover from both a mental and physical standpoint. The above is mainly referring to adult athletes, when working with youth athletes you also need to consider the fact that most are now training year around in their sport. Leaving next to no time for training away from their sport to develop all of their non-specific qualities.
This leads me to my point that when a coach does indeed have time to train an athlete for a period of uninterrupted time they must take full advantage of it. To do this the training should be specific to the athlete based on their individual needs. These needs are developed through whatever test you choose to use on their athlete if it lines up with the demands of their given sport.
It is well known that the Block periodization is best used on elite athletes because as an athlete develops they require higher and higher levels of concentrated stress on specific adaptations to see further improvement. Even though this training style is optimal for the elites to see improvement, it requires a lengthy off-season because each phase of training is so specific a multitude of them is necessary to peak an athlete for their competitive season.
To offset this issue we all face when training elites, to short of off-seasons, our only real option is to take a vertical integration approach and address multiple issues at once. That is why I have put together programs below, as examples of training that can be put together to develop athletes in multiples areas they may struggle with at once. Both of these programs are just a few of the many possible options that can be changed based on the athletes needs.