We don’t want to train in such a way that we compromise our ability to recover from the hot sessions. However, this doesn’t preclude us from performing some lower intensity/lower volume/low fatigue activities. That is, we can do lots of low-fatigue practice while we are recovering.

“Supertraining”34, Mel Siff outlines the volume and intensity combinations typically used by Russian weightlifters. He reports that the most common training combinations are medium to high volume at low intensity (9-10 weeks per year) and medium volume at medium intensity (12-15 weeks per year) – that is much of the training year is spent in the

General guidelines for training such as the guidelines that have been presented in this chapter tend to have 2 notable omissions. The first is that it is often unclear what should be the initial starting level in terms of volume and intensity prescription for athletes of various levels of qualification. The second is that the rate of progression in

A person’s acceleration capability, that is their ability to increase their velocity, is almost by definition a function of their ability to create net impulse.

the relationship between net impulse and change in velocity we find that many of the capacities that people train to improve are really just variants of the ability to express force or net impulse.

in resistance training intensity is often defined by reference to a person’s 1 repetition maximum (1RM). That is, if we know the maximum weight that a person can lift in a given exercise, then we can express

Higher volume training will again tend to come earlier in a season. Similarly, training the aerobic system predominantly with lower intensity training means that higher intensity training sessions can be saved for anaerobic training sessions.

As when building any structure, the success of the project depends on the base. The wider and more extensive the base, the higher we can build.

In many cases intangible adaptations will be caused by changes to the central nervous system. These might not then be changes in the physical structure of the body per se, but rather a change in the patterns of electrical signals that the brain uses to control the body.