Muscles and Management

Episode #177- How You Can Divide Your Lower Body Training to Further Zone in on Speed as an Athlete Progresses

December 08, 2021 Gerry DeFilippo Season 3 Episode 177
Muscles and Management
Episode #177- How You Can Divide Your Lower Body Training to Further Zone in on Speed as an Athlete Progresses
Show Notes

Gerry is back for episode 177 to talk about splitting up speed days to maximize results in athletes programming. Gerry dives into the finer details of a tweet he posted earlier in the week, and explains when it might be a good fit to alter programming to get better results.

Gerry goes over training age, creating blueprints, keeping things simple, and much more in this episode. Learn how to separate speed days, exercise adjustments based on goals, order of programing, and much more! 

All that and more on this episode of Muscles and Management!

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Episode Timestamps

1:30 - Podcast News and Announcements

6:40 - Opening Thought: Separating Speed Days

7:30 - Tweet on Today’s Topic

9:00 - Benefits of Sprinting and Vertically-Focused Plyometrics

15:20 - When Separating Becomes Beneficial for an Athlete: Training Age and More

26:00 - Top Speed VS Acceleration Training

30:20 - Barbell Training for Top Speed Days

35:20 - Examples of Changes of Work Based on the Focus

45:40 - Summary of Thoughts

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