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In high-performance football (soccer), there is a growing popularity using the tactical periodization training model. This model aims to incorporate the game's tactical, technical, psychological, and ...

Whether you're building your own training plan or following a pre-set training plan, it's important to understand that workouts don't just happen arbitrarily. Instead, they should progress in volume, ...

In the continual quest for gains, coaches and athletes are now looking at “carbohydrate periodization” as an avenue to performance gains, so let’s learn a bit more about this concept… “Periodization” ...

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Most training plans suggest mixing runs of various lengths and speeds, with a shift in focus—from endurance to speed, typically—as you get closer to a goal race. This approach, “periodization,” is the ...

POV: You started working out a few months ago, and you've been consistently hitting the same reps of the same movements. You have a goal of reaching a deadlift PR in a few months, and while you do ...