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Three Different Aspects of Training Load Monitoring

In 2014 I wrote Training Load Monitoring – Seeing the Big Picture where I have outlined a simple model for training load monitoring. In this video, I am expanding that model as well as modifying it to depict my current…

Mladen Jovanović June 21, 2018

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Profiling Issues – Mind Your Target Variable

This is VERY IMPORTANT concept and if you are doing any type of profiling, I urge you to watch this video.

Mladen Jovanović May 30, 2018

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Variable Clustering and Archetypal Analysis

I believe that the following video and the accompanying R code and data set will be very useful to sport scientists out there and will teach them extremely pragmatic technique in data mining.

Mladen Jovanović May 8, 2018

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HIIT Conditioning: Planning Strategies – Part 1

In the first part of Planning Strategies topic, I will focus on introduction to the Planning Strategies, Heuristics and Uncertainty and 3 types of analysis.

Mladen Jovanović April 19, 2018

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Force-Velocity Curves – the Good, the Bad, the Ugly

The force-velocity relationship is central to many theories of training, as well as in various practical approaches. For instance, in Zatsiorsky’s “Science and Practice of Strength Training” (1) — which, in my op…

Kevin February 28, 2018

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Strength Training: Planning The Training Block – Part 3

Third part of ’Strength Training: Planning the Training Block’’ – in which I will touch on Horizontal vs vertical planning framework, as well as indivisible approach and explain how can you benefit from them.

Mladen Jovanović February 7, 2018

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Why The Concept of Biomotor Abilities is Bullshit

In my opinion, biomotor abilities are ‘dimension reduction’ of the complex perceptual-motor space. Suppose we perform 500 various tests of performance for at least 5000 athletes.

Mladen Jovanović January 23, 2018

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Strength Training: Planning the Training Block – Part 2

In my opinion, there are two things that are important when it comes to set and rep schemes: modifications and classification (or types). Let’s cover each concept separately.

Mladen Jovanović January 9, 2018

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Strength Training: Planning the Training Block – Part 1

It should be clear by now that for planning of the strength training cycle, we are using 1RMs as something that helps us with prescription, and not something to argue about until cows come home.

Mladen Jovanović December 26, 2017

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So you can predict the future… But can you change it?

I also love to call this problem “Terminator Problem”, since it is more understandable to coaches, since most of them have seen Terminator movies. The issue is, once we are able to “predict” the future (for examp…

Mladen Jovanović October 11, 2017

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Tag: Theory

Three Different Aspects of Training Load Monitoring

Profiling Issues – Mind Your Target Variable

Variable Clustering and Archetypal Analysis

HIIT Conditioning: Planning Strategies – Part 1

Force-Velocity Curves – the Good, the Bad, the Ugly

Strength Training: Planning The Training Block – Part 3

Why The Concept of Biomotor Abilities is Bullshit

Strength Training: Planning the Training Block – Part 2

Strength Training: Planning the Training Block – Part 1

So you can predict the future… But can you change it?

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