The Quick and the Dead: Total Training for the Advanced Minimalist

Traditional athletic training periodization calls for a preparatory period and a competition period. The former builds stable long-term adaptations in strength, endurance, and other qualities. The latter does not build anything, but creates the perfect short-term conditions to realize the potential built in the prep period. If one is peaking for a

If the emergency continues and the MK reaction is allowed to run too long, another reaction, deamination, kicks in. It demolishes the “A-frames” in some AMP molecules, leaving the phosphates with nothing to attach to. This is bad news.

glycolytic power repeats, a smart type of glycolytic training that maximizes the benefits of acid while minimizing the problems caused by it. More about this type of training in the future.

The authoritative Russian military Encyclopedia of Physical Training teaches us that both hypertrophy and aerobic training demand less variability than power and strength training. In other words, we can get away with flat-lining the load for awhile.

the classic guideline for alactic interval training by Profs. Edward Fox and Donald Matthews: a 1:3 work-to-rest ratio.

The myokinase system ekes out some energy by breaking off another phosphate group from the “A-frame.”

As we age, speed goes first, strength next, and endurance last.

The key is the Delta 20 Principle. It means that a minimum volume change from one training unit to the next is 20 percent. Thus, “∆ 20 %” or “Delta 20.”

Per Russian poet Yuri Levitansky: Each chooses for himself His woman, his faith, and his road. To serve the Savior or the devil, Each chooses for himself. Each chooses for himself The words to love and pray. The blades to fight Each chooses for himself. Each chooses for himself His shield and armor, staff and rags. The measure of the final penance