Review and Retrospective – Part 1
What happens after finished strength training phase? How do we integrate feedback collected? What is bias/variance decomposition? Find out in the following article.
Author: Mladen Jovanović
Mladen Jovanovic is a physical preparation coach from Belgrade, Serbia, grew up in Pula, Croatia (which he considers his home town). He was involved in physical preparation of professional, amateur and recreational athletes of various ages in sports such as basketball, soccer, volleyball, martial arts and tennis.
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Predicting MSS From Single 10-40m Sprint
In the following video, I have explained the additional prediction modules and integrated them into a new version of HIT Builder. In order to estimate maximum sprinting speed (MSS) from 10-40m sprint, beneath the video C…
Strength Training Manual: Planning – Part 6
Differentiating 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 tra…
New Product – Lean Annual Planner
We have just launched a new product - Lean Annual Planner, which is a simple, yet highly flexible and adjustable solution for the most common scheduling tasks.
Strength Training Manual: Planning – Part 5
This 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 Pyrami…
Strength Training Manual: Planning – Part 4
Linear progression, linear periodization, daily undulating programs, medium-easy-hard, triple progression - who wouldn't be confused with all this strength training terminology. In this part I will give you a very simple…
Strength Training Manual: Planning – Part 3
This part is where the fun begins. I explain the basics of the set and reps schemes by defining their "anatomy", organization of the exercises in the workout by reviewing a bunch of supersets, and provide a model for cla…
Strength Training Manual Planning – Part 2
What are Minimum Effective Dose and Maximum Tolerated Dose? Can they be objectively quantified and used when planning strength training? In this article I am explaining why they can't as well as what might be a better co…
Strength Training Manual: Planning – Part 1
What is training dose? What components does it consist of? How should it be estimated? Are subjective ratings such as RPE useless? How should training dose be distributed across time and toward different qualities? Find …
Strength Training Manual: Prescription – Part 3
How do we aggregate the training dose? What are the pros and cons of different dose metrics? How do we predict 1RM from training data? What is “exertion load” metric, and why is it useful? How should the ballistic Lo…
