Review: Weights for Speed (One and Two)

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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)?

Not sure if this germane or not, but at a presentation that I attended Bompa said that Max. St. blocks should not go beyond 8 weeks (3-1-3-1 set-up) in a single phase. He also said that for beginners it would be 4 weeks (3-1). He didn’t think that there was any return to gained by going longer.