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Training Chats with Israel and Mladen – Episode 5: Individualization
By Mladen Jovanovic on 28/07/2018In this episode, myself and Israel continued discussion on “training individualization” that I have started with the recent screencast.
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Training Chats with Israel and Mladen – Episode 4: Transfer of Training
By Mladen Jovanovic on 13/07/2018In Episode #4 of Training Chats with Israel and Mladen, we are discussing about the concept of training transfer and resistance training. We also briefly touched the concept of transfer in combat sports.
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On Individualization
By Mladen Jovanovic on 10/07/2018In the video below, I am using framework outlined in Three Different Aspects of Training Load Monitoring and provide some thoughts on individualization, especially the fact that individualization can and should be applied on multiple scales, and just because you are using relative training intensities (e.g. %1RM, %MAS) or relative training load (e.g. volume of running expressed as...
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Training Chats with Israel and Mladen – Episode 3: Phase Potentiation in Periodization
By Mladen Jovanovic on 30/06/2018In Episode #3 of Training Chats with Israel and Mladen, we discuss the the concept of phase potentiation in periodization.
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Phase Potentiation Is Probably Overrated and Here Is Why
By Mladen Jovanovic on 28/06/2018Phase potentiation is a fancy way of saying that the order of training blocks (phases) matter, in terms of training effect. This principle is pretty much the basis behind periodization (e.g. Bompa’s periodization), especially the Block Periodization Concept, by Vladimir Issurin.
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Training Chats with Israel and Mladen – Episode 2: Evidence Based Practice
By Mladen Jovanovic on 16/06/2018In this episode we spoke about combining evidence from scientific literature, our expertise and experience, current context and athlete preferences to make the best (or least worst) decisions with our clients.
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Contemporary Factors Impacting Match Performances Of Elite Soccer Players
By Mladen Jovanovic on 07/06/2018I accidentally stumbled on this outstanding piece of work on Twitter, thanks to Paul Glazier’s tweet. I am more than happy that this thesis is publicly available from the Uni and thanks to the author, Michael D. Bush for outstanding research and writing.
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Training Chats with Israel and Mladen – Episode 1: Introduction
By Mladen Jovanovic on 03/06/2018Israel Halperin and myself are starting a new series of podcasts covering coaching, training, and sport science while emphasizing the complexity and uncertainty involved in the exercise professions. We plan on publishing 30-40 min episodes every two weeks on various topics.
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Bootstrap Magnitude Based Predictions (BMBP)
By Mladen Jovanovic on 20/05/2018There has been a lot of fuss regarding Magnitude Based Inference (MBI) lately, peaking with the recent article and video by Kristin Sainani. The originators of MBI, Will Hopkins and Alan Batterham, recently posted their commentary of the critiques at sportsci.org. With the video below I wanted to give my opinion, but also provide rationale for “novel” techniques, that...
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Ending of Gift Campaign
By Mladen Jovanovic on 30/04/2018As you are already aware, our amazing Gift Campaign has come to an end. All of you who became our member before 1st of May 2018, are ellegible to receive our gift – Strength Card Builder or Annual Planner for Sports.