Hi all,
As a very general idea and question: when training and devising cycling/ periodization, do many strength coaches/ athletic coaches take into consideration the recovery/ regeneration of the joints and connective tissue?
In recent times there seems to be a huge emphasis on training the CNS and muscular system but little thought is given to other parts of the body. To illustrate my point, it supposedly takes connective tissue damage 10 times longer than muscular damage to heal because it has a tenth of the metabolic rate. For example a muscular pull may take 5 days to heal, a connective tissue 50 days (back to optimal level).
Surely when in a locked out position with heavy weights, the connective tissue and joints under-go extreme stress and also need to heal. I may be flawed in my thinking so please forgive me.
Just as an example, Charles Poliquin often recommends changing reps approximately every 6 workouts of the same kind because the nervous system has adapted by this time and the body adapts to the number of reps the fastest out of all the loading paramters. So with this…is it only really concerned with the adapting of the nervous system mainly and also muscular system? Is it actually leaving out vital components?
As a side note: has anyone used a similar model to Poliquins accumulation/ intensification?
Many thanks!
I would agree. That’s why I tend to limit the number of lifts- both to preserve the CNS from too much adaptive stress AND to stay within the adaptation parameters related to support structures already developed over time, as you suggest.