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Saturday
Jan212012

Fred Koch Training System Begins

Fred Koch Training System Begins

The question of sets and reps.

One of the big issues in BB and trainings has always been the sets and reps. One of the issue that has bothered me ever since I started writng here in Norway is this set and rep issue. There are numerous scientific sets and reps versions that can be done. 3-5 reps works the nervous system and gives the muscle a harder look, 6-10 reps works one  set of hypertrophy muscles 10-20 works another type of hypertrophy muscles, so just saying go do 3 or 4 sets of 10 reps is really not true. But to begin to write again on BB whether it be beginning or advanced I have to begin to find a way to explain to you what these rep ranges mean and how much they really have an effect on your results. The biggest mistake any trainer makes is he trains everyday to exhaustion. That is the standard way to train. Walk in the gym, train whatever mood you are in, wait (now it’s a week) and do it again. Never having any idea where your body is at, if you did too much or too little. If you sat back and used a runner for example and they went out and ran until they fell n the ground to exhaustion then rested and did it again in a week. Well in BB you may not feel out of breath that way, but your body sure does. Think about it , it is ridiculous. So I am left with this dilemma. How am I going to explain this set and rep thing? I guess a little at a time. Which I will do in the future. If you want the fast version now  I wrote a paper on it years ago it is called “Defining Progressive resistance”. Definisjon-av-maksstyrke Yes, well ok that tells you what you are doing wrong ,but with all those formulas in there, we know why no one has never done this type of training. WAY to much work.

20 years ago when I was a writer for Ironman Bodybuilding Magazine and had just met my teacher Dr. Tudor Bompa, we used his theories and I designed what was known as the Ironman Bodybuidling Training system. It was a system where we actually designed the workouts on a day to day basis for you based on your personal strengths after you filled out a form and took some tests. Well back then I had a staff of people that we did this with. Now that I am back into the BB scene again I had to come up with a simple way to redue this sytem, without a lot of people doing the computer work. Well, here is my first try. It is called the www.fredkoch.com  Training system.

I will give you a set group of excises for a 3 day or 5-6 day program, You will get a complete instruction bookon how to take your own personal tests, send me the results and I will send you workout sheets with every set ever reps for 6-8 weeks, you retest and we continue. The program is for a 12 month training program. To check more out on the www.fredkoch.com  Training system. Go to www.fredkoch.com

 

Fred Koch (P-SCE), er styrketrener og bor i Kristiansand. Jeg er direktør for Tudor Bompa Institute (TBI) på verdensbasis. TBI er et internasjonalt sport- og fitness sertifiseringsprogram for personlige trenere og styrketrenere. www.fredkoch.com

 E-mai Fred at ,fred@fredkoch.com

 

Fred Koch, P-SCE is the International Director for Tudor Bompa Institute, TBI, one of the world’s top certifications systems. For more information you can e-mail Fred, fredredkoch.com. or see his blog at www.fredkoch.com

 

 

 

Saturday
Jan212012

Advanced Bodybuilding 2012 part 1, by Fred Koch,P-SCE

The nice thing about having a blog to write on and not always writing articles for the masses is I know who my audience is and they know me. So I can put the little things in the article that , well are the real me. When Felipe, from Portuagal and I finshed the last article on the latest scam in BBI gt so much mail I was actually shocked. Since I live in Norway and they are about 5 years behind the rest of the fitness and BB world I knew what it would be. The baiscs of the article was this 1 bodypart a week bullshit is the latest scam going around becuse in short BB are lazy, me included, and love to hear there is a faster easier way. All the mail was how full of shit I was and all the big BB train that way, bla, bla bla, I just had to laugh because none of these num-nuts happened to mention the BB they talked about do so many drugs that anything they do works. Of course no one in Norway has any idea of the history of BB so the fun part is I am getting to give some of the old material a new shot. 

Here is the article on the scam på norsk  

http://www.iform.no/pub/art.php?id=2310

And also the following article how it came out in the web article:

http://www.iform.no/pub/art.php?id=2423

I will try to post some other articles I ad done here that were not on the blog also as you see some stuff from Carlo, who as I said before its the best sports fitness guy I know. Plus an ameteur powerlifter.

Plus my next article will be on the latest books with greatart work that people are falling for and how wrong many of the exercises are. BUT, the artwork is nothing near my pal Leon Bachs work you use to see in Ironman. I think he is off looking for king tuts brothers tumb now, since he changed careers for the 5th time.

 

NOTE:  am having some issues with my images due to the weak signal. check the Norwegian article or wait a day and I will fix it.

 Advanced Bodybuilding 2012 part 1, by Fred Koch,P-SCE

 

Workout #1

Chest, Shoulders, Triceps

 

Workout # 2

Back,Biceps

 

Workout # 3

Legs, Abs

 

Many of you may ask why I start with the advanced or Intermediate BB . The reason I picked that to start was that most of you have been training for some time and are wondering round like lost ghosts in the the night not knowing what exercises to pick or when to do them. You end up picking whatever routine is on the internet page you happen to be on that week. Which usually turns out to be from some famous steroid king on the interenet. I cannot believe all the ridiculous programs that people come up with that have no basis except….it works for me. What I want to do in this series is offer you some basic logic for training that I guarantee will give you results.

 

One thing before I start on this “works for me program” story. Keep in mind that everyone has good body parts. No matter how they work them they will grow. This is true of many champions. On this I say, if they did it the scientific way, maybe they would be even bigger or better.  

Then we have my favorite”Mr Roid”, the guy using steroids in large amounts forgets to tell you 2 things.

#1 he or she is taking steroids. This is becoming even bigger with the fitness models, which is for another article, than many of the guys, but let’s stick with the guys. So first they are not taking anything. BULLSHIT. It is so obvious who is taking steroids because they are so out of normal with the rest of humans, cannot and I mean “CAN NOT” be believed when it comes to his training results. The amount taken and the types are known to have so large an effect on the results than it is an easy call.

The #2 things this Mr big will not mention is that for 10 years when he first started training years ago the quality of steroids were terrible. He had to train 6 xs a week to keep up with the competition even though he was juicing. Add to this what is called “muscle maturity” grows over years. What this means is the more years a muscle is trained not only does it get a more mature look it also takes less training to get the same results. Add to this the latest in steroids and you get a variety of training programs that are out there. None of which really have a logic to them.

 

So getting away from that I want to talk training.

 

What I have done is looked over 30 years of training and being around training is to pick the program that seems to pop up for both scientific and practical reasons That is why I decided to give you the best start on the winter I felt was possible. This week I will take the first part of this workout and break it down so you can better understand why this format of both days (2xs a week, and body parts are choose.)

 

 

(Drawing by Hamilton)

It is know by most , if not all educated trainers that it is almost impossible to get some strength and size results for anyone within the first 3-6 months of training. This fact has been proven over and over again, probably around your gym too. Now you get to the next 6 months. Training is going good, but you haven’t made much of a gain anyplace. Maybe a little here, a little there, you have definitely learned to cheat with more weights on your lifts. It makes you feel cooler. But gains, not really. This is when you start the never ending process of looking for the magic program. This one for a week, then the next one for a month. OK let’s do this one over here for 6 months. Now you are frustrated and in the same place I have found hundreds of BB in my years of training.

 

Oh well, why not try something that works for everyone and not the quick fix you have been reading about for the last 2 years.

 

I mentioned it in the last article, all the scientific reasons why this program makes all the sense in the world.  http://www.iform.no/pub/art.php?id=2310

Day# 1 and #4

Chest shoulders and triceps, pushing movements.

Day #2 and #5

Legs, and core, (abdominals and Lower back)

Day# 3 and #6

Back and Biceps, pulling muscles

 

Why this break down?

Chest shoulders and triceps, pushing movements are done in the beginning of the week because it is the day after the weekend and that is the fun workout. Since it is the day after the weekend it may not be fun for you to start the week off with legs.  Next day we do legs and core. The week has started and your body is ready for some real work. Legs are the king of size and strength and core is, in case you forgot 1/3 of the body is core. It is good to put these together. Nice to super-set a leg exercises with a core exercise.

Finally we have back and biceps. For the same reason we do CST we do back and biceps, whenever you do a back exercises you are doing a bicep exercise so why not work them together and let them recover. This is usually a shorter workout that the 2 days also.

 

 

When you go to start this program the first question that you need to ask yourself , do I want to be bigger or just “feel” strong every time I workout? My answer for most would be to get bigger and stronger over a period of time. In that case we have to look at the last article and see the main object is to tire out the muscle enough to work it, allow it to recover and then work it again, constantly adapting the muscle to stress and then letting that recover work it’s magic.

Once you get past that part now it is time to work on the muscles. If we look at the first days muscles in question chest, shoulders and triceps we see that they all involved some type of pushing motion. What do I mean by that? Any chest exercise also works some shoulders, they are pushing, some triceps, they are pushing and extending, about the same thing.

 

This is the most important thing to remember. Your goal is to tire out the muscle and let it recover. NOTE, to feel strong in every exercise you do every workout. That is the goal that all these 1x a week body part workouts are after and they are wrong for maximum results.

When I use these groups of exercises for example many of the chest exercises also work shoulders, and some triceps. When you do say for example arms on a day by themselves you may have to do 5 or 6 sets just to get your arms to the exhaustion level that they are on the chest, shoulder, triceps combo day. Now that is a waste of time.

 

If you are one of the many Norwegians that have good arms and shoulders but there is not the fullness to your chest that you wish, then now is the time to pay attention. I’ll even give you the answer first, you have long arms, your arms and shoulders do all the work in pressing movements and thus giving you lots of arm work, but never really penetrating through to the chest to fully develop it. You are exhausting your arms and shoulders and not your chest.

 

So we start with chest, let’s do bench press first. That is the king of chest. A compound exercise, meaning more than one muscle. To move the bar up we have to contract the chest, half way. The front  of the shoulders pulls the bar back as it moves up and the triceps lock the bar out while helping with the rest of the movement ,but not a lot due to momentum and help from shoulders. If you look at his exercise you can plainly see that there is only ½ motion of chest, a small part of shoulders from the momentum and a lot of work from the triceps as they are the smallest muscle in the group and second is those little front deltoids. Well, compared to the chest they are. By doing the bench press first we have gotten the macho movement out of the way, which is really the fun one of the main parts of training, being strong and bench is cool.  Let’s take a look at what we did, well, mostly tired out the triceps.

Just for a test workout to see if this is true for you, do pec dec, then super set it with bench presses, do 3 sets of this. NOW, what muscle is tired.  Your chest. So that should prove to you the chest does not get a lot of chest work in bench pressing, but it is fun and is always first.

BENCH PRESS

Now we can go in one of two directions, 45 degree inclines is the old way, it is suppose to work your upper pecs. , but wait, didn’t we just show that these type of multi-joint movements really work more arms. If you are one of the guys that goes this way then I bet you have good arms and shoulders and a small little chest. Too much arm work, no real chest. Here is something else for you to think about. When was the last time you felt 45 degree incline benches in your chest? Why? 45 is too high of an incline. , it works mostly shoulders. I mean it is 15 degrees away from the shoulder press and 45 from the chest, hello??????? To get anything out of this exercise you have to do them at 15-20 degrees. That’s another secret for later.

UPPER PEC PICTURE

 

(Drawing av Delavier)

The modern day bodybuilders method is to do upper incline cable pulls next. This movement focuses just on your upper pectorial muscle. A muscle works in a straight line. If you look at the upper fibers of the chest you can see the line from the clavical to the arm. See kendell and kendell and you you will see the picture. Now, how to line this up. The elbow has to go to the upper part of the chest. Yes. The thing that messes up everyone s the chest gets in the way half way up. That is good. It means you have fully contracted the upper pec fibers.  The mistakes that are made are going around this block or going sraight up in the air, which really makes it a type of reverse shoulder press. If you look at the video link.

Upper Cable Crossover:

http://youtu.be/nVITi55yGn8

 

Keep in mind here I am sculpting the human body through the muscles. Next we look at the chest fibers and see how the lower fibers extend down from the arm to the lower section of the pecs. Remember the muscles are wanting to work in a straight line for the best results. To set the lower fibers up in a straight line you need to go down on your knees and have the arm overhead. You are doing the opposite of the upper. The elbow movement in this exercises is important, the elbow follows the line of pull down to full contraction of the of the lower fibers. Again the bulk of the chest will get in the way and you will want to swing round it. 

Lower pec Cables

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cthn3KuxukY

 

What you have to learned during all this is to see how your muscle work and work with them to get results.

So far we have hit the main macho movement, the upper pec fibers, the lower pec fiber and now we go for the center pec fibers. Here we come to another possible error in the making. We can us lying cable flys or pec dec if you want. Start with lying pec cable flyes. The object is to contract the center fibers of the chest. NOT to lay on the bench and touch your hands together. This is the big mistake you will always see. Lay on the bench, stretch the cables out and pull the hands to the top and stop. Well guess what. The center fibers are not done contracting , try crossing over your arms and then feel the chest fibers really contract. Think I’m wrong, check this picture in TI book.

 

(Drawing by Hamiliton)

IMPROPER CABLE CROSS PICTURE

 

This is the improper way to do the movement. Notice how the arms are going under the chest not in a stating line across it to the lower pecs. See video

 

Now for the last old, but in todays world secret exercise is the good old DB pull over. Take a look at the size of your pectorial minor on muscle chart. It’s almost as big as your bicep. For years BB did this movement to stretch the rib cage, well I don’t know about that, but let me tell you if you do this correctly you will finish your chest off by hitting all the right muscles in the right directions. The key to the pullover is that your elbows stay inside the line of your sholders. If you let your elbows float outside the line of your shoulders you will be doing lats. Again be careful of this..

Pec Minor

http://www.youtube.com/user/FredKochexercises?feature=mhee#p/u/17/HugFP_wQDGI

 

Embed: <iframe width="560" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/HugFP_wQDGI" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

 

I was going to give you the shoulders and triceps today to finish the workout, but my editor is looking over my shoulder telling me that there is enough new stuff here for the reader to absorb for one article.

What I will do is give you the exercise I will cover next time in shoulders and triceps. The exercises are done for a specific reason to hit specific heads of the muscle. I will cover all this in the next article.

 

Arnold press

Side laterials

rear laterals

Shrugs

Lying tricep extensions

Tricep pushdowns

Lockouts

 

Fred Koch (P-SCE), er styrketrener og bor i Kristiansand. Jeg er direktør for Tudor Bompa Institute (TBI) på verdensbasis. TBI er et internasjonalt sport- og fitness sertifiseringsprogram for personlige trenere og styrketrenere. www.fredkoch.com

 E-mai Fred at ,fred@fredkoch.com

 

Fred Koch, P-SCE is the International Director for Tudor Bompa Institute, TBI, one of the world’s top certifications systems. For more information you can e-mail Fred, fredredkoch.com. or see his blog at www.fredkoch.com

 

 

 

 

Tuesday
Jan172012

The Purpose of Periodization of Strength in Sport Training: The Conversion to Specific Strength.

Note from Fred: Carlo, is the Technial director for TBI as you all know. But more than that he is probably the smartest practical sports trainer I have ever met using Tudor's techniques adapted for the modern days. His new book on Sports Traiing will be out soon. You can follow him on his facebook page. All you need to do is use the translator.

By Carlo Buzzichelli, TBI-Master of Periodization Science, Technical Director Tudor Bompa Institute 

The subject of planning training is probably, in relation to its importance, the most misunderstood topic among the professionals that gravitate to the world of sports training.

In recent years, the contribution of various authors has allowed the wide spread sharing of advanced methods of strength training and the identification of the strength & conditioning coach with the specialist in this type of training (strength coach). This went to further detriment to the attention on planning training and in favor of concentrating on the methods of strength training. Strength training methods, important as they are, still have to be used in the perspective of proper timing in the annual plan; in order to be functional to the improvement of athletic performance. The periodization of strength is just one of the elements constituting the periodization of training and, therefore, the strength training methods that are used within it do not possess much relevance in and of themselves. Their significance lies in their possible sequence which allows for increased athletic performance in concert with the improvements of other biomotor abilities (speed, endurance).

Periodization can be examined in the context of two important aspects of training: 1. Periodization divides the annual training plan into smaller training phases making it easier to plan and manage the training program and ensure that peak performance occurs at the main competition. Periodization structures the training phases to target biomotor abilities, which allows the athlete to develop the highest levels of speed, strength, power, agility, and endurance possible1.

More precisely, Periodization of Strength refers to how said biomotor ability is developed and integrated into an annual training plan. The term integration indicates the consideration, during the actual planning, of the dynamics in which the training of each of the biomotor abilities affects the training of the others; as well as the systemic organic and functional adaptations considered as the response to a summation of stimuli. In some sports, during the preparatory period, it has been traditionally pursued to develop multiple aspects of the physical preparation- such as aerobic capacity, maximal strength, strength endurance, acceleration, and specific endurance. Each of these biomotor qualities involve morpho-functional and psychological adaptations that can sometimes be in contrast with each other. For instance, the adaptations stimulated by training for maximal strength, both in the skeletal muscle structure and the nervous system, are limited by the metabolic and neural cost of endurance training. It is therefore indicated to determine the contribution of the two elements of the preparation of the athlete in relation to his event in order to prioritize the development of the two biomotor abilities (i.e., simply stated, we cannot develop the endurance of a basketball player as we would a marathon runner, that is, with the same means, methods, and load). Furthermore, the development of a single biomotor ability must take into account, in the case of a sequential approach, the most rational sequence of training means and methods, in relation to its qualities that we aim to develop (e.g. anatomical adaptation - > maximal strength -> power -> power-endurance).

The periodization of strength is, therefore, a fundamental concept of training methodology.

During the year, the goals of strength training, and their consistent methods, vary depending on the characteristics of sport, the athlete and the competition calendar; but the ultimate goal is the maximization of specific strength.

It often happens that the concept of functional strength is confused with that of specific strength. The term "functional strength" is fairly recent. Can we think that the Olympics and World Championships have been won and world records set, without having worked on specific strength, or not having done so in an optimal manner, until the year 2000? In fact, specific strength and functional strength are not synonymous. Training the specific strength for sport means to replicate the specific modality of force expression of the event, both neural and metabolic, using exercises that mimic the action of the kinetic chains that take part in in the specific motor skill (including specific ROM and force vector), with particular emphasis on the prime movers, without disturbing the motor patterns required for the sport’s technique. The term functional strength, however, instead of referring to the physiological and biomechanical parameters of the specific event or motor skill, is more commonly considered as indicating the manner in which strength is trained in terms of training means; particularly free weights or cables, unilateral, possibly standing and multiplanar (an exception to this definition is represented by propedeutic exercises and some core stability exercises). In other words, to talk about specific strength training, the biomechanical and physiological parameters of the event, in particular, are the essential starting point; while "functional training" is simply defined by the use of exercises with the above listed characteristics. To state that it is methodologically wrong is obvious, but it is also true that the best "functionalist" apply the concept of periodization of strength to their planning; as well as taking into account not only the biomechanics in the selection of exercises, but also the physiology for the choice of the load parameters; yet preferring certain exercises and methods. At this point we should, however, ask ourselves to what extent certain functional training methodics are appropriate to reach the levels of maximal strength development needed in certain power sports.

We can distinguish two main types of sport in relation to the final objective of the strength training: 1) those sports that require the development of power (a synonym for speed-strength, or starting strength and explosive strength in the force-time curve3), i.e. the ability to apply force as quickly as possible, such as the jumps, throws and sprints in athletics, most team sports, and all those sports in which power has a strong influence on performance, 2) those that require the development of muscular endurance, the ability to apply less force but for a longer time, as in most of the events in swimming, rowing, kayaking, triathlon , cross-country skiing, middle and long distance running and so on.

In the periodization of strength, typically, the first macrocycle is dedicated to Anatomical Adaptation. During this period we have a progressive increase of loads that prepares the connective tissues (ligaments, tendons, muscles) to the following intensified work that occurs during the maximum strength macrocycles; whose main objective is to improve the intramuscular coordination (synchronization, recruitment and rate coding). In planning this next phase we must consider that “what is intensification for a sport is accumulation for another. For example, when synchronized swimmers work in the range of 6-8RM, they are doing intensification; for weight lifters this range represents an accumulation”4. The objective of this phase of maximal strength is not, therefore, the increase of maximal strength to the highest possible level, but rather the development of an optimal level of maximal strength specific to the sport and whose achievement process can efficiently be integrated within the global plan of training. For this reason it makes little sense to do a period of development of maximal strength with low reps and intensities higher than 80% of 1 RM or insert multiple macrocycles dedicated to maximal strength for those athletes whose sports require muscular endurance of long duration.

The next phase is the so-called conversion. As previously indicated, this is a fundamental phase of the periodization of strength, whose objective is the "conversion", in fact, of the maximal strength gains, resulting from the earlier stage, into a specific combination of qualities of strength, be it power, power endurance or muscular endurance (short, medium or long). For this reason the loading parameters used in the conversion stage should reflect the characteristics of the sport coached, particularly in terms of the relationship between strength and the dominant energy system:

 

 

Event Duration and Strength Conversion

(Specific Strength)

Event Duration

Event Intensity

Main Energy Systems

Specific Strength

Less than 10”

Maximum

ATP-PC

Power

Up to  30”

From High to Maximum

Anaerobic Glycolysis

Power Endurance

From 30” to 2’

Moderately High

Anaerobic / Aerobic Glycolysis

Muscle Endurance – Short

From 2’ to 10’

From Low to Moderately High

Aerobic Glycolysis

Muscle Endurance – Medium

More than 10’

From Low to Moderately High

Aerobic Glycolysis/Fat Oxidation

Muscle Endurance – Long

 

What do we need to do, then, to determine the specific strength of a sport and plan the periodization of strength in the Annual Plan?

  1. Determine, through scientific literature, the contribution of each energy system to the event (at the exact same competitive level of the athlete or team you are going to do the planning for);
  2. Derive the quality or qualities of strength that are specific to the event, among maximal strength, power, power endurance, muscle endurance short, medium or long. The entire periodization of strength will have the increase of this/these quality/qualities as the ultimate goal. Also, keep in mind that the morpho-functional adaptations to training of the endurance type of strengths, of a more metabolic nature, require a longer period of exposure to the stimuli compared to the neural adaptations, and this directly affects the length of the conversion phase, and the time remaining for the other phases, as the plan designing process works backwards from the end point.

 

  1. Evaluate the appropriate duration for Anatomical Adaptation period in accordance with the characteristics of the athlete and the time available for such an introductory phase.
  2. Assess whether or not to implement a period devoted to hypertrophy, in agreement with the characteristics of the athlete and the sporting event.
  3. Analyze the sport movements in order to determine exercises and loading parameters:
    • Planes on which the movements take place (sagittal, frontal, transverse)
    • Force expressed at various joint angles within the sport specific range of motion (i.e. the zone that must be most affected by the development of the specific strength)
    • Muscle groups producing the movements (aka prime movers, that also must be most affected by the development of the specific strength)
    • Muscle actions (concentric, eccentric, isometric)
  4. Choose the methods to be used in each macrocycle and the progression of training means.
  5. Analyze the training tradition of the sport you are going to do the planning for. Over the years coaches have found solutions that combine merely practical troubleshooting with the ideas of scientific research. Equipped with the latest knowledge and your practical experience, you can find, using traditional training modalities, the ideal starting point to overcome such tradition.
  6. Determine the actual degree of training of the athlete. For what concerns the testing of maximal strength, the 1RM test is advisable to be performed only by athletes with some strength training experience and only after macrocycles that implied some exposure to loads equal or greater than 80% of 1RM. This is especially true for beginners. Furthermore, you should also test the muscle strength balance around the joints that you consider most important for the sport with submaximal weights (3-8RM), as well as test for the sport specific strength at the beginning of the year, to monitor its progression and get information on the dynamics of adaptation to your training programs.

1 Tudor O. Bompa & Haff Gregory G., Periodization. Theory and Methodology of Training, 5th Edition, Human Kinetics, 2009, pg. 126.

2 "exercises performed on various equipment such as balls, ABS pipes with foam and proprioceptive platforms, designed to create an environment more difficult to increase participation by small and deep stabilizing muscles, Charles Staley, Muscle Logic, cit. in Michael Boyle, Advances in Functional Training, OTP, Aptos, 2010, pg. 22.
3 Yuri Verkhoshanskij, Fundamentals of Special Strength-Training in Sport, Sportivny Press, Livonia, 1986, pg. 61.

4 Charles Poliquin, Theory 1 Manual, PPC, 2004, pg. I-10.

Some notes on the author. 

Carlo Buzzichelli is a professional strength & conditioning coach and personal trainer from Italy. He has lived and worked in the U.S., and was chosen by Prof. Tudor Bompa as the Technical Director of the Tudor Bompa Institute - International. Over the past eight years the teams he S&C coached have won 10 championships; as a coach in individual sports he participated in the Commonwealth Games and the T&F World Championships, while his athletes have won three medals at national championships and one gold and one silver at international championships. Furthermore, Carlo regularly lectures for Italian sport federations and in various Sport Universities in Cuba. This article is partly based on the book "Periodization. Planning and Programming of Training Methodology" to be published. Carlo can be contacted by email at: cb@tbi-i.com ; this same email can be used to add the Tudor Bompa Institute - Italy to your Facebook list of contacts.

Wednesday
Sep142011

Energy System Overlapping

Here some great new informatiion on Energy system overlapping that TBI Technical direcotr Carlo Buzzichelli- Italy resently mailed out. Hope you enjoy theinformation.

 

Dominance of an energy system means that over 50% of the energy required for
a maximal activity of a certain duration, comes from that specific energy
system.

According to Van Someren, National Physiology Lead at the English Institute
of Sport, at 60” (not earlier) the energy contribution is 50-50 between
anaerobic and aerobic systems (it differs slightly between type of
activities).

The same thing can be assumed from the same slide (page 26): if at 49” the
Aerobic system contribution is 43% and at 1’53” is at 66%, then the
overlapping happens at some point between 43” and 1’53”, closer to the
former figure. The 400m is NEVER aerobic dominant.

Thus, a 15” sprint can't be aerobic dominant (18’15” in the video).

The study quoted at 20’ of the video (slide 30) was 6” sprint + 30” recovery
by 10, not a 30” sprint 4’ recovery 30” sprint (preview available here:
http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/02640419108729897#preview).

The new studies particularly focus on the LA and O2 ATP re-synthesis
initiation.

Aerobic contribution to maximal efforts is already at 3% in 10” and at 28%
in 30”, Mader (1985) had it at 18% at 50”..  this is the novelty.

The novelty is that the aerobic energy system contributes more to shorter
maximal efforts activities than we thought up to the early 90’s, but there
is no dominance up to after 60” of maximal acivity.

Best,
Carlo Buzzichelli

P.S: Video and slides can be found here:
http://www.8weeksout.com/2011/05/24/a-new-perspective-on-energy-systems-video/
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Thursday
Aug112011

New TBI Directors

Tudor Bompa Institute is expanding ever year. Tudor's name continues to be known worldwide and we at TBI look forward to even more success. I would like to hear from some of the TBI graduates.

Fred