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...
principles of training
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...
Power Development, Part III: Principles
In our last two posts ((http://www.cissik.com/blog/2017/01/power-development-part-i-foundations/ and http://www.cissik.com/blog/2017/02/power-development-part-ii-cautions/ ) we covered background information behind training for power as well as cautions with it. With this post we’ll cover some principles behind program...
Five Secrets For The Ultimate Workout Program
So I’m a little tired of all these “secrets to a better workout” articles. For example, exercises you should never do, exercises you have to do, things you are doing wrong, you...
The Guide To Program Design
We’d all like for our strength training programs to be effective and safe. This allows us to make gains from training and avoid wasting our time. To do that, strength training follows...