Review: Weights for Speed (One and Two)

[Charlie_Francis]

@Track007

Charlie has stated that when the athlete starts the maintenance phase of the weights, that they should see a peak around week 5. He also stated that after approximately eight weeks the athlete will start losing (gym) strength. This is based on the 3-1-3-1 strength set-up. If the athlete is doing 12 weeks (which would be 3-1-3-1-3-1) does that mean the athlete will be able to maintain strength for longer into the season (say 12 weeks instead of 8) and would peak later (around week 7/8 instead of week 5/6 of the maintenance)?

That’s a difficult one to answer definitively because it depends not only on the length of the max str phase but also on the amount of change. The less dramatic the change, I think, the longer before any drop becomes problematic. Thoughts??