Category: Articles
04
Jun
Panic Zone Training: The psychological 3-Zone-Model and the Force-Velocity-Curve
by Alex
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In psychology there exists a 3-zone-model that should represent the different zones life happens. First there is the Comfort Zone, where a person is safe...
05
Dec
3 Ways to be more efficient in the weight room
by Alex
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We’ve all seen them, the people that spend 2h in the gym with a cumulative training time of about 40min: If you are retired and...
19
Oct
Blending Training Methods – Powerbuilding
by Alex
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Powerbuilding is a term used to describe a training style that consists of a blend of methods from Powerlifting and Bodybuilding. The underlying idea is...
18
May
A Scientific Approach to Training.
by Alex
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If you ask trainers, what a scientific approach to training means, many will probably start to talk about Meta-Analyses, p-values or new Studies where muscle...
03
Feb
Managing Training Load Pt.I – Having a Model
by Alex
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Introduction As coaches we strive to find and prescribe the right training to optimally enhance our athlete’s performance. Sometimes we commit the fallacy to think...
13
Mar
Absolute Intensity and Relative Intensity
by Alex
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What is Relative Intensity? In a previous post I have described the Repetition-Percentage Chart: It gives you the approximate number of repetitions you can maximally...
21
Dec
S&C at School
by Alex
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Today I want to share something I put together some time ago as a project to get the Diploma to be allowed to teach PE...
01
Oct
Warming up
by Alex
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After some inactivity on writing I decided to get a bit more active: And I decided that I want to start with, wait for it,...
18
Feb
Setting Goals
by Alex
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There is the saying, that if you don’t know where you want to go, any road will take you there. When it comes down to...
29
Nov
Daily Undulating Periodization with Exercise Variations, Part III: The File
by Alex
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After some cleaning up the file I use for myself, I am glad to present an easy to handle “DUPEV Cycle Creator” Excel file. If...