I thought I had laid it out pretty clearly, but obviously not…
The GPP is made up of 2 x 6-week cycles.
Each cycle is made up of 2 x 2-1/2wk smaller cycles.
One of those minor 2-1/2wk cycles has more of an emphasis on what I loosely term strength and endurance work.
The other of those minor 2-1/2wk cycles has more of an emphasis on what I called speed and power training.
It probably doesn’t matter which of those minor cycles you start the 6wk macro cycle with, but I preferred to go with the longer and slower kind of work which in general typified the “strength and endurance” minor cycle.
So, yes, the second 2-1/2wk minor cycle was the speed-power cycle as it has been laid down in this thread. But, as I said, there may be a better result reversing the minor cycle although I never did it that way. It’s open to experiment but I choose what I felt was the more cautious approach, rather than risk injury by exposing the athlete to speed first day.
Also where is the GPP related:
“speed sessions usually start in earnest with 2 x 2 x 40-20-20”?
what do you mean please?