Managing an athlete’s fatigue is one of the most important principles that guides effective programming. Cleverly utilizing Variation is a way to ensure that you are both satisfying the Principle of Overload and Principle of Fatigue Management without violating the Principle of Specificity. Chad Wesley Smith explains how to use Variation as a Fatigue Management tool.
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 …
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While the terms used to describe it aren’t completely uniform (burnout, overtraining, overreaching, “fried CNS,” etc…), most people seriously involved in lifting and training for …
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 …
Fatigue Management is the #3 priority in the Scientific Principles of Strength Training. Properly managing fatigue means that you are balancing fitness and fatigue to …
