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Set and Rep Schemes – Part 3: Progression Models and 12 Set and Rep Archetypes
By Mladen Jovanovic on 03/03/2020In this video I am explaining two ‘Small World’ models that I have used to create rich catalogue of set and and rep schemes: Perc Drop and RIR Increment. Watch the video to find out more about these models.
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Strength Training Manual Paperback Edition
By Mladen Jovanovic on 24/02/2020Happy to announce the paperback and Kindle edition of the Strength Training Manual, Volumes One and Two. It is soft-back, 500 pages, with more than 300+ figures and tables.
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Set and Rep Schemes – Part 2: Vertical Planning and Load-Exertion Tables
By Mladen Jovanovic on 21/02/2020What is the rationale behind making a distinction between ‘grinding’ and ‘ballistic’ load-exertion tables? Find out how useful this is in the video
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Set and Rep Schemes – Part 1: Introduction and Horizontal Planning
By Mladen Jovanovic on 12/02/2020Do you need to reinvent the wheel everytime the strength training program changes? Find out how the ‘modularity’ concept can help you out in the first video instalment of the Set and Rep Schemes series.
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Review and Retrospective – Part 3
By Mladen Jovanovic on 30/12/2019Review is about demonstrating the performance while comparing it to expected performance or outcome/performance goals or objectives. Retrospective is about understanding and improving the process underlying performance (which can be considered analysis of the dose, current state and plan and how it affects the response). Read more...
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Review and Retrospective – Part 2
By Mladen Jovanovic on 16/12/2019Training dose and responses have been traditionally modelled and understood through the prism of Selye's GAS and Banister models. In this part you will learn another one that can be used to model 1RM in strength training.
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Review and Retrospective – Part 1
By Mladen Jovanovic on 07/12/2019What happens after finished strength training phase? How do we integrate feedback collected? What is bias/variance decomposition? Find out in the following article.
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Strength Training Manual: Planning – Part 6
By Mladen Jovanovic on 16/11/2019Differentiating between progression and variation can become cumbersome. In this part, I tackle this problem with two novel concepts: vertical and horizontal planning. These two concepts make planning of the strength training a breeze.
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Strength Training Planning for Combat Athletes & Exercise Selection
By William Wayland on 13/11/2019Planning for combat athletes is historically a tricky business, primarily because combat sports need interventions that match athletic endeavour where a confluence of raw physicality and high levels of skill.
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Strength Training Manual: Planning – Part 5
By Mladen Jovanovic on 24/10/2019This is probably my favorite part of the book. In it I am reviewing 12 archetypal set and rep schemes: Plateau, Step, Reverse Step, Ascending Wave, Descending Wave, Ascending Ladder, Descending Ladder, Traditional Pyramid, Reverse Pyramid, Light-Heavy, Cluster and Cluster Wave.