Christmas Break Training Considerations

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          Eric Broadbent on December 11, 2013 at 10:47 am #190837

          It?s about that time of year where you may or may not have finished up with your first and only track meet of the fall and things look promising. Your
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          Matt Norquist on December 12, 2013 at 8:17 pm #191598

          Great post! Another thing that works well in settings like this is to let them recover a bit. I like the numbered workouts rather than days. They’ll miss some and take extra rest days which is good.

          I also like doing challenge sessions. Stuff that is tough, but fun.

          Hill work is good and can be done in almost any weather.

          Bodyweight work can be done where it is as challenging on the muscles as lifting, but easier on joints (IE – weighted pistol squats instead of squats, handstand push-ups instead of bench press, muscle-ups).

          Kettlebells are affordable and a sets of swings are a great tempo alternative. See who can do 100 burpees in the shortest time period.

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          Zack Trapp on December 12, 2013 at 9:27 pm #191622

          Just saying, I really have enjoyed your first few blogs Eric

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          Eric Broadbent on December 13, 2013 at 5:18 am #191726

          Yep, definitely some other good ideas there Matt. ?Naturally, like you mention, there are probably going to be some extra recovery days in there if they miss a practice here or there which could be good as long as they do the majority of what is prescribed. ?And if someone wasn’t able to get a gym membership then adding some creative General Strength exercises could help.

          Thanks Zack! ?I appreciate it dude.

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