Leading up to Alyssa Ritchey’s massive 185kg total at 49kg bodyweight at the American Open Finals, she and coach Max Aita made some significant adjustments to her training. Find out what those changes were and why they were made.
Jacob Tsypkin - Aim to make training enjoyable. If you don't like it, you won't stick it out. It doesn't have to be a blast …
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 …
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 …
In order for training to be effective, an overload must be presented. Training must be chronically harder, longer, and more demanding in some way as …
In Part 1 of this series, we discussed what the concept of consolidation of stressors is and how it is applied to programming in the …
By Chad Wesley Smith Over the course of a training plan, as an athlete gets stronger/faster/more explosive (generally more capable of higher outputs), recovery becomes of …
It is important to understand what elite athletes, like those on TeamJTS, currently do in their training, isn't what they've always done. As you evolve …
