Do you want to understand how to design more effective powerlifting programs? The Powerlifting Program Design Manual by Chad Wesley Smith has been created to help you better understand how to:
-Assess an athlete’s qualifications and needs
-Determine Minimum Effective and Maximum Recoverable Volume
-Find an athlete’s Optimal Frequency
-Distribute volume over the course of the training week
-Create a Phase Potentiation strategy to maximize meet performance and long term results
-Select exercises that are optimal for a specific phase and to address an athlete’s unique weak points.
-Periodize training to manage fatigue and maximize overloading opportunities.
Chad Wesley Smith is regarded as one of, if not the best raw powerlifting coach in the World. Having helped hundreds of athletes add hundreds of pounds to their totals. Male or Female, Juniors to Masters, Lightweights to Superheavies, across all major federations and in the biggest meets in the World, his results are unparalleled. No other coach in the World has coached lifters at all the current biggest meets in the World, including Big Dogs, IPF Worlds, US Open, Pro Raw, USAPL Nationals, The Arnold Grand Prix/Pro American and Record Breakers. Learn the principles that guide Chad’s program design and how to practically apply them for yourself to your and your athletes training.
Checking in at over 200 information packed pages, The Powerlifting Program Design Manual, will equip you with the knowledge you need to not only create an effective program but to keep adjusting and developing programs for all types of lifters for a lifetime of training.
Author(s): Chad Wesley Smith
Year: 2018
Language: English
Pages: 216
Cover......Page 1
Contents......Page 3
Introduction......Page 4
Assessing The Athelete......Page 6
Overview of the Phases......Page 13
Hypertrophy......Page 16
Strength......Page 17
Peaking......Page 18
Deload......Page 19
Transitional Weeks......Page 20
Bridge Phases......Page 23
Determining Volume......Page 28
Finding Minimum Effective Volume......Page 29
Finding Maximum Recoverable Volume......Page 37
Organizing the Week......Page 40
SRA Curves and their Implications......Page 41
Determining Overloading Frequency......Page 47
Creating the Individual Session......Page 52
Exercise Selection Considerations by Phase......Page 53
Exercise Selection Considerations by Weak Point......Page 80
Spreading Volume Across Exercise Variations......Page 123
Organizing the Mesocycle......Page 126
Determining Mesocycle Length......Page 127
Overloading Strategies......Page 128
Undulating Periodization Strategies......Page 131
Selecting and Progressing Weights......Page 155
Phase Potentiation Strategy......Page 160
Putting it all Together......Page 161
Sample Programs......Page 184