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06/10/2010
Interview with Professor Keith Davids
By Mladen Jovanovic on 06/10/2010I am very proud to present the email interview I had with Professor Keith Davids, the leading researcher in the motor control and learning field, author of couple of books and the professor at the School of Human Movement Studies at Queensland University of Technology in Brisbane, Australia. I would like to thank Professor Davids for his time and...
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06/10/2010
Planning the Strength Training (Part 3)
By Mladen Jovanovic on 06/10/2010No matter what sport athlete comes from, if he starts doing serious (not counting wellness experience here) strength training for the first time, he is novice. Be it experienced soccer player, basketball player, Olympic weightlifting beginner, powerlifting beginner or beginner bodybuilder he is usually weak as a kitten and skinny or sometimes fat (although I will not go into…
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05/10/2010
Planning the Strength Training (Part 2)
By Mladen Jovanovic on 05/10/2010As we have outlined, volume and intensity are un-splittable and principal parts of the load. There is one myth that exists and its called volume-intensity trade off. Yes, there is a trade-off, but it depends on time-frame under which you analyze the load. Under most shortest time-frame, there is trade-off between volume and intensity: the more weight on the…
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04/10/2010
Planning the Strength Training (Part 1)
By Mladen Jovanovic on 04/10/2010According to Mark Rippetoe, the author of Practical Programming book, the lifters can be generally classified to four groups according to their level: novice, intermediate, advanced and elite. When planning strength training, one should take into account the level of the lifter, because there are distinct characteristic within each group. The planning of strength training for each group will…
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04/10/2010
Funkcija mišića u ljudskom telu
By Mladen Jovanovic on 04/10/2010An older post from www.charliefrancis.com forum that I translated to Serbian in a form of a short article. I am probably going to translate it to English, but for now I am posting it for Serbian readers. The title is “Muscle function in human body” and it is based on the ideas of Bosch and Klomp. Funkcija mišića u...
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02/10/2010
Some Thoughts on Energy System Development for Team Sports
By Mladen Jovanovic on 02/10/2010After reading the Methods of Endurance Training series, which are BTW excellent read, I would love to post my current opinion regarding usage of the same for the team sport athletes.
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01/10/2010
Ratings of Perceived Exhaustion vs Ratings of Perceived Effort
By Mladen Jovanovic on 01/10/2010Ratings of Perceived Exhaustion vs Ratings of Perceived Effort I was reading these two very short articles: Br J Sports Med. 2010 Jun 27. Sense of effort and other unpleasant sensations during exercise: clarifying concepts and mechanisms. Smirmaul BD. Abstract Introduction The sense of effort is an essential component of all forms of exercise. Although...
