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31/03/2013
Does Speed Work Work? My Response to Mike Tuchscherer’s Article [Part 2]
By Mladen Jovanovic on 31/03/2013INTENSITY, LOAD, EFFORT, EXERTION… One thing I forgot to emphasize and explain in Load-Velocity profile (from now on L-V profile or L-V trade-off) was that all reps are done at MAXIMUM INTENTto lift as fast as possible (within technical limit). In another words EFFORT of each rep, at each LOAD was MAXIMAL. In some strength circuits this…
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29/03/2013
Does Speed Work Work? My Response to Mike Tuchscherer’s Article [Part 1]
By Mladen Jovanovic on 29/03/2013Does Speed Work Work? My Response to Mike Tuchscherer’s Article – Part 1 INTRODUCTION Mike Tuchscherer’s article Why Speed Work Doesn’t Work lifted a lot of dust. I have read Bret Contreras’, JL Holdsworth’s and Chad Smith’s responses and I have wrote some of mine ‘comment’ on Jim Wendler’s Facebook Wall. Today Mike contacted me and invited me to expand further and continue the discussion on his forum since...
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27/03/2013
Is Power/Speed Reading in Clean and Snatch Counterproductive?
By Mladen Jovanovic on 27/03/2013Just had a great talk with Travis Fisher regarding velocity-based strength training (he is only one I know using it and trying to figure out a solid system) and we touched a little bit on using velocity/power readings during Olympic lifts.
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21/03/2013
The Problem With (Peak) Power (Calculus) – or Why I Don’t Believe in This Sacred Cow
By Mladen Jovanovic on 21/03/2013I am going to say it straight ahead – coaches who believe that they are training peak power at certain percentage of 1RM are simply misguided. There are two important logical errors behind it.
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12/03/2013
Velocity Loss as an Indicator of Neuromuscular Fatigue During Resistance Training [Research]
By Mladen Jovanovic on 12/03/2013To the best of our knowledge, this is the first study to analyze the acute response to manipulating the number of repetitions actually performed in each training set with regard to the maximum number of repetitions that can be completed.
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03/03/2013
Running based intervals – Velocities table [Update]
By Mladen Jovanovic on 03/03/2013I just updated the Excel file and added the typical workouts for the categories.
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02/03/2013
Running Based Intervals – Velocities Table
By Mladen Jovanovic on 02/03/2013This is a simple Excel workbook with classified methods I always use when it comes to running based intervals and cross-training. It allows you to save your favourite HIIT drills, but also to easily calculate the running distances based on individual MAS results.