We Improve By Being Uncomfortable
I’m going to begin this post by showing a workout: WK 1 WK 2 WK 3 WK 4 WK 5 WK 6 WK 7 WK 8 Power clean 3x3x200 3x3x200 3x3x200...
periodization
I Told You So: Periodization
In 2008 Mike Barnes, Allen Hedrick, and myself had an article published in Strength and Conditioning Journal titled “Challenges Applying the Research on Periodization.” As coaches we were a little concerned with...
You Still Have To Train During The Season
In an earlier post (http://www.cissik.com/blog/2018/06/thoughts-on-organizing-training/ ) I had covered some thoughts on organizing training in the off-season. Things are a little different when athletes are in season. This post is going to...
Thoughts on Organizing Training
Program design isn’t a very complicated thing when we’re just talking about lifting weights. Want to get stronger? Train heavy. Want to become more explosive? Train explosively! The lifts that involve the...
The 121 Program
The longer I’m in coaching, the simpler things seem to get. This is especially true in strength and conditioning where oftentimes I feel that we deliberately make things too complicated just to...