SSP 99. The Training Model and Program Design

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♦ The Training Model and Program Design ♦

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The Coach covers the basics of workout Program Design using principles taken from his book, The Abel Approach: Effort, Training Strategy, Workload Capacity, Recovery Capacity and Internal Hormonal and Biochemical Environment.

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• The Training Model is a tool used by professionals to illustrate where the building blocks for individual performance lie.

• There’s an art and science to Program Design. A collection of exercises does not make a workout; and a collection of workouts doesn’t make an effective program.

• Assessing the trainee and then designing a program for their needs is both art and science. If you aren’t assessing, you’re guessing.

• Program Design writing begins with the theme or purpose, then moves on to the structure, then the context, then whether or not (or how) to use planned performance training* or periodization. Then from that point he can determine the strategy and tactics, and finally, the elements of the program that will be variable or constant.

• Effort can be misapplied. An analogy for misapplied effort would be driving north when traveling from Canada to Florida, similar to using cardio as a warm-up for a weight-lifting workout.

• Training Strategy needs to be related to goals. "Strategy" and "Tactics" are not the same thing.

• Workload Capacity relates to how much work a trainee can benefit from, with no assessment of a client’s individual needs.

• Law of Least Eligibility: the less fit person receives the most adoptive stimulus; the most fit person receives the least adoptive stimulus.

• The SAID principle (Specific Adaptation to Imposed Demands) says that a trainee adapts to their training. So, doing fitness "bootcamp" classes conditions trainees to do bootcamp classes.

• Recovery Capacity is important, especially for the unconditioned trainee or the older trainee. Scott’s Hardgainer Solution (HGS) strongly considers recovery capacity and builds it into the program.

• Internal Hormonal and Biochemical Environment determines how a trainee will respond to training. Conditions a client might have, such as diabetes or age, factor into Program Design.

• A lack of knowledge of exercise physiology or the Training Model makes someone susceptible to falling for vogue exercise trends.

• Scott’s Hardgainer Solution uses the five principles of Program Design to target a specific type of trainee: the person who trains hard but who is slow to see gains.

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