Design strength training and conditioning programs

Prescribe periodized resistance training

Designing long-term resistance training progressions that peak athletes for competition.

• · Sport or goal, training age, current strength baseline, competition schedule

• · Periodized training plan: macrocycles, mesocycles, microcycles with exercise selection, loading, and rep ranges

Sport/goal selected; current fitness level known; timeline defined

Overtraining syndrome if volume not periodized; athlete may plateau if volume not progressive; injury if loading increases too rapidly

• · Periodization framework (macrocycle → mesocycle → microcycle)
• · Exercise selection by energy system
• · Loading progression principles (5/3/1, DUP)