You all know me always questioning everything even if the answer is clear(Well not to me but to other). If you havent heard of this approach it is the changing of emphasis on a weekly basis rather than throughout stages or the inclusion of all elements in a workout or week, allowing more focus toward a specific goal without sacrificing it as in traditional linear periodization as one wont loose a quality in one-two weeks.
1.Could this be applied to sprinting(ie wk 1 acc, week 2 max V, week 3 SE, repeat…?)
Charlie I beg for you to think about it a little before you tell me No, haha, thank you
As well CT has said he has had great success with this with himself and other athletes, I havent yet but am going to in search of a weight program that leaves less residual fatigue so I can get in better agility and sprint sessions. Who knows…
A maximum velocity session is more stressful than SE and short acceleration work, so if you devote all of the sessions in a week to developing this quality you may run into recovery problems.
two sessions? i dont think so, plus ther next week is mostly a muscular week soo CNS recovery would be allowed then as well, and also if i remember correctly charlie said acc. work is the most stressful work…
MaxV work is the most stressful form of speedwork, and takes the longest to recover from.
I don’t think that you spend enough focused time developing each quality individually. For example, how much acceleration could you really develop in a week? By the time you got back to it four weeks later the small amount you gained would likely be lost.
This looks more like horizontal integration than vertical integration as you spend a short time developing each quality, and then move onto the next one, to the complete neglect on the others. It may be effective for improving the focus quality, but since there seems to be absolutely no maintance of the other qualities, the benefits would be somewhat negated.
its every two weeks, and the idea is that you do not loose a quality after only two weeks of training it. As well acc. and max v are directly related(not to say one can be developed with the other but therre is a definant relation), for as acc. improves Max V does and as Max V improves so does acc. So really you are hitting it. I am thinking about it but wanted charlie’s opinion. As well the idea is like horizontal but ina much shorter term. Like how a day is devoted to acc. and one to max V, well rather a week is devoted to each.
I have been looking at trying to implement the system. Having trouble fitting it in a programme that allows me 2 sessions a week, and 30 minutes each session.
I think it has merit, especially the recovery aspect which even David W agrees with (I think).
A 7 week cycle with a 2-3 week maintenance cycle could work. That gives you 30 weeks of training of which 6 is Hypertrophy, strength, speed-strength and 12 weeks of strength-speed (I think). plus 6 weeks (total) of GPP and rest to competition stuff.
While i was reading this thread i remembered an article wrote by
Ken Jakalski: Teaching Technical Skill & Speed-Strenght for High School Sprinters…
His philosophy is over 5 key maxims;
1 - All training begins in the CNS
2 - If athletes are doing a “fast” sport, they must do visualization
3 - The nature of sport is being caught by surprise 4 - Humans are interval type cratures
5 - Style is an individual interpretation of skill
so, the 4th key talk about interval
He describes the 4th key:
"Research indicates that interval training with a series of single concentrated efforts places greater demands on the body that continuous training. "
Well, what about a mix with 2 “methods” ?
Something like this:
week 1: Acc
week 2: Max V
week 3: Regular Work ( Acc / Max V / SE / etc…each work in his day )
week 4: SE
then again,
w1,
w2,
…
I guess the question is:
How we could measure this ?