Written by Chad Wesley Smith
To conclude our Sport Performance Pillars series we talk about how to structure these different training modalities within a training week, mesocycle and annual plan.
To conclude our Sport Performance Pillars series we talk about how to structure these different training modalities within a training week, mesocycle and annual plan.
WE HAVE A PROBLEM WHEN WE TALK ABOUT PROGRAMMING AND PERIODIZATION. We talk about periodization, and various aspects of periodization, as if they’re mutually exclusive. Most …
All 5 Parts of Chad's in-depth series on the foundational components of Sport Performance training
Do You Really Understand Elite Sport Performance? Sport is all about performance, right? It’s all about how you perform on the field, on the court, in …
The term “fueling” is a popular buzz word within the sports dietetics and athletic performance setting. Ensuring athletes are properly fueled for competition and training …
Over the course of a training plan, as an athlete gets stronger/faster/more explosive (generally more capable of higher outputs), recovery becomes of paramount importance. Over …
The term periodization gets thrown around pretty fast and loose these days. There seem to be a lot of different definitions and types of periodization …
Introduction Jiu Jitsu, more particularly the more combative and competitive branch of Brazilian Jiu Jitsu (BJJ), has become increasingly popular in the U.S. and around the …
What does 'conditioning' really mean for you and your athletes?