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  • November 27, 2017 at 3:18 AM #4065
    Matthew
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    Coming into the off season early as a youth player I am doing Triphasic.one for a second time (once last offseason) and am finishing the Concentric portion tomorrow, Monday 11/27. I am wondering about the usefulness of completing the conversion to power segment of the program in the middle of the offseason. Obviously it serves a large enough purpose to be included in the program, so I am wondering if someone could explain the ideas behind it? Does it help solidify the training in the three previous segments?

    Beyond that I am wondering how I should plan my next program assuming I do complete the conversion to power segment. I will be done T.one on December 18th and wondering if I should restart T.one for a third time and jump into Program.two as soon as it comes out, or complete the third rotation?

    Thanks

    November 27, 2017 at 6:40 AM #4066
    Zi
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    Matthew,

    Your question is within the realm of periodization, the segmentation and sequencing of training objectives.

    I would advise that you do the conversion phase because this will train you to move forcefully with speed. All athletic movements are forceful and fast. The only way to translate your heavy squats and deadlifts to Ultimate is to do fast & powerful movement. The closer you are to season or event, the less important heavy weight training is.

    Assuming your goal for doing all our programs is to prepare for Ultimate, lifting weights is far and away from conditioning for Ultimate but is required in order to build the physical qualities needed for playing explosive Ultimate. Somewhere in between these two extremes, we need to tie them together and translate all your strength into sport. Put simply, this phase is the “conversion to power” phase. The program shifts towards moving weight fast because speed is where the money is. Ideally we want to train as specific to Ultimate as possible, but obviously things don’t happen that way. Hence, training has to be a cycle that repeats itself, cycling between (if you will) meathead powerlifter and fast-agile Ultimate athlete.

    I would take as much opportunity to train in the Power spectrum after having done a solid strength block. Just remember that loading should be adjusted so that YOU ARE IN CONTROL of the movement.

    Do you you see the dance of programming here?

    November 27, 2017 at 6:49 AM #4067
    Zi
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    The second part of your question is easier to answer if I have an idea of your season schedule. I’m not very in tune with the USA schedule (other than the college and club season are the distinct on the calendar, now being the college season).

    So i’m gonna just guess you need to be ready to grind a lot of practice and tournaments starting in February or something? In-Season would be best by the time you finish the T.1 power phase (in time for Christmas) and it is a balance between strength and speed without being too high in volume.

    You’re not going to lose your “gainz” with In-Season.One as long as you are regularly training 🙂 You lose only when you snooze.

    November 28, 2017 at 9:54 PM #4071
    Matthew
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    Thanks Zi! I’ll definitely complete the conversion to power phase.

    As for my schedule I am in complete offseason until tryouts for club teams start in late April and early May. From there practices, and tournaments, will begin in like June. Currently I’m in high school without a high school team, so I’ll be trying to make a club team this year as well as going to YCCs again. So I can easily get done another program between now and then.

    November 29, 2017 at 1:50 AM #4073
    Zi
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    Aha! That’s simple and easy then hehe!

    And being at high school age, don’t worry so much about how many lbs you got lifting. Just lift enough for now. Reps is what you need. Reps and time. Build up your skeletal tissues and tendons make ’em strong. Once you’ve got years of that, you can decide when to drop an aggressive training block!

    Don’t forget to work on your skills! Throwing!

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