posted by charlie
You don’t need to change the workout to intensify over three weeks. It’s simply a matter of improving through continued exposure (times improve).
Couldn’t agree more! This is main focus of setting up a cycle. Continual improvement. Im glad someone stated this. I like to look at it from all the angles. But it think the way you stated it here is the most correct one.
(week 3)
Understood. Very nice point. My arguement of highest amount of injury on week 3 might have just went out the window.
Its nice to get some conversation on this topic. So you are saying when relating a 3:1 cycle compared to a 2:1 cycle. In a 2:1 cycle you have to do more work to meet the demands of having less time to produce the desired result. Where as in a 3:1 cycle you have more time to spread workload due to the extra week to meet the desired result. You dont have to bunch the volume as much? Charlie how often did you use this type of cycle. I thought I read that as athletes became more advantaced you switched to this version more often? Any validity?
I think the general shift from 3/1 to 2/1 for the higher level athletes is Pfaff’s idea, which he finds fits better with his weekly structure.