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26/03/2017
Concurrent Strategies in Strength Training – Part1
By Mladen Jovanovic on 26/03/2017Concurrent training by definition means training for achieving multiple training goals at the same time. Concurrent training in iron game was made popular by Westside Barbell Club and Louie Simmons, who erroneously called it ’conjugate’ instead of concurrent. Synonyms with concurrent are parallel and mixed training.
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19/03/2017
Physical Preparation for Team Sports: Weekly Plans (Part 1)
By Mladen Jovanovic on 19/03/2017By the week plan term I do not necessary refer to the calendar week of 7 days, but to a period between two games, that can last from 3 to 14 days. Since we are usually dealing with varied competition schedule, we need to rely on couple of principles and heuristics when planning the week.
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07/03/2017
Uncertainty, Heuristics and Injury Prediction
By Mladen Jovanovic on 07/03/2017I was asked by Rod Whiteley and Nicol van Dyk to contribute to the Aspetar Journal targeted topic issue that just got released off the press. I tried to combine my knowledge of predictive analytics, machine learning, philosophy of science, heuristics and practical experience as coach & sport scientist into one article. Hopefully I managed to create readable narrative.
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04/02/2017
How to Collect Data From Your Athletes by Using FREE Tools
By Mladen Jovanovic on 04/02/2017In the video below I am showing you how to easily create survey, send it to the athletes and get their responses directly to Excel. No more paper, copy-pasting and wasting time.
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01/02/2017
Perceived and True Shortcomings of Movement Training
By Dragan Milojević on 01/02/2017Being that the manner of physical training, which is now more or less commonly referred to as the “movement training”, is a relatively “new kid on the block”, there are still some misconception about what it is good for or not, so it makes it a bit harder to figure out the proper role for this approach in working...
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29/01/2017
Football Periodization: Review and Opinions
By Mladen Jovanovic on 29/01/2017I recently joined my old club FK RAD as S&C coach, helping them with the pre-season. Having the skin in the game again, it made me realize that there are a lot of things that struggle me and I don’t have a clear checklist for dealing with them. So, I will most likely be trying to organize my thoughts...
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25/01/2017
Tactical Conditioning Preparation for Firefighter Challenge
By Aleksandar Petrović on 25/01/2017Alarm sounds, you are dropping your table tennis pad, Xbox joystick, TV remote control or dumbbell and run to get your gear. All team members are now in the vehicle driving fast to the scene of emergency. This is how regular working day looks like for most of first responders and tactical units, ...
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22/01/2017
The Simplest Way To Monitoring Your Training
By Mladen Jovanovic on 22/01/2017We are witnessing tremendous increase in measuring technologies, and it seems that if you are not measuring and monitoring you are not training. Unfortunately (or luckily) a lot of clubs cannot afford 30 units GPS systems, OmegaWave, Dexa scan and you name it. Being on the budget (or no budget), what can you do to be better than nothing?
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18/01/2017
Interview with Cristian Osgnach on Metabolic Power
By Mladen Jovanovic on 18/01/2017I had the pleasure to interview Cristian Osgnach, who is one of the leading researchers and pioneers of Metabolic Power concept, as well as involved in GPEXE project, which is 20Hz GPS performance monitor & analytical system for professional sports. Enyoj!
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17/12/2016
Rep Guidelines
By Mladen Jovanovic on 17/12/2016This is a quick and easy table you can use when programming your strength workouts. In comparison to previous version, this table is more streamlined and more simple, plus some Prilepin volume guidelines were added.