General Strength (GS) has become a garbage “throwaway” term in the Track & Field world. You can give the circuits all kinds of cute names like Waterloo, Dunkirk or D Day, but whatever name you use, it has evolved into mindless repetition of poor quality movements with no specific goal in mind. I remind you that just getting someone tired is not training with a purpose; it is just getting someo
General Strength – A Closer Look
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Can Coach Gambetta come on here and elaborate on this?
I’d really like to see what he believes are good GS routines and where / when he would use them.
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ParticipantHis old blog had remedial work placed into his workouts, and he was more about sequence and order and selection vs using other people’s routines IMHO.
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What makes general strength general strength? What should be it’s purpose? As Vern has mentioned time and time again it needs to be more than just 8-12 body weight exercises simply thrown together. This is an area I would definitely like to see explored and discussed more in depth as I’m currently re-evaluating what I’m currently doing. For me such general allows me to distribute work over the entire as pursue specific hormonal response without having to run. In other words it allows me to reduce the amount of tempo I feel I need to do on light or recovery days. Please share your thoughts? =)
Happy belated Canada Day and Happy 4th.
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I think sequence, order, and selection will be getting more attention in the years to come. More non-track coaches are looking into concepts such as vertical integration.
Perhaps GS routines can address not only the hormonal but also the whole Anatomy Trains-related fascial systems? Might be a better way to approach corrective exercise.
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I think integration in general is the way to go. When coaches are correcting things via process instead of specific direct exercises of course this is the way. My time stamped statement is that coaches that will claim they are doing this in the future don’t have the decades of experience to defend what they are truly doing.
General Strength, circuits, remedial…..the most important word is selection not just tossing it in.
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Wouldn’t doing things like lunges and squats have a further fatigueing effect on the muscles if you already did speed + heavy squats the day before? I can’t imagine this being a problem during GPP at all, or SPP, but during competition time?
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“These are strength exercises that involve no external loading. Bodyweight serves as the only loading agent. General strength exercises improve coordination, body control, and flexibility. They also can be used to improve muscular strength and strength endurance, depending on the work/rest scheme used. General strength activities are often the best way to address muscles and muscle groups that are not directly involved in the gross movements we use most in training. Because of the lack of external loading, general strength work is a good way to prevent and alleviate muscle and strength imbalance situations.
General strength can then enhance gross motor performance by preventing imbalance related dysfunction and by activating and educating smaller muscle groups that are responsible for proper action of gross movements. Like bodybuilding lifts, general strength work can be used as a tool to achieve endocrine and energy system fitness.
They can serve as a primary strength training modality for young athletes, and a primary recovery modality for older athletes. These exercises can be classified into the following categories.” Boo Schexnayder -
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“These are strength exercises that involve no external loading. Bodyweight serves as the only loading agent. General strength exercises improve coordination, body control, and flexibility. They also can be used to improve muscular strength and strength endurance, depending on the work/rest scheme used. General strength activities are often the best way to address muscles and muscle groups that are not directly involved in the gross movements we use most in training. Because of the lack of external loading, general strength work is a good way to prevent and alleviate muscle and strength imbalance situations.
General strength can then enhance gross motor performance by preventing imbalance related dysfunction and by activating and educating smaller muscle groups that are responsible for proper action of gross movements. Like bodybuilding lifts, general strength work can be used as a tool to achieve endocrine and energy system fitness.
They can serve as a primary strength training modality for young athletes, and a primary recovery modality for older athletes. These exercises can be classified into the following categories.” Boo SchexnayderThat may be the best definition I’ve ever been given. Not surprised that it came from the master of simplicity. Have a conversation with Boo and you’ll see how he can make aeronautcial engineering seem like 9th grade mathematics. =)
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[quote author="Carl Valle" date="1278189917"]“These are strength exercises that involve no external loading. Bodyweight serves as the only loading agent. General strength exercises improve coordination, body control, and flexibility. They also can be used to improve muscular strength and strength endurance, depending on the work/rest scheme used. General strength activities are often the best way to address muscles and muscle groups that are not directly involved in the gross movements we use most in training. Because of the lack of external loading, general strength work is a good way to prevent and alleviate muscle and strength imbalance situations.
General strength can then enhance gross motor performance by preventing imbalance related dysfunction and by activating and educating smaller muscle groups that are responsible for proper action of gross movements. Like bodybuilding lifts, general strength work can be used as a tool to achieve endocrine and energy system fitness.
They can serve as a primary strength training modality for young athletes, and a primary recovery modality for older athletes. These exercises can be classified into the following categories.” Boo SchexnayderThat may be the best definition I’ve ever been given. Not surprised that it came from the master of simplicity. Have a conversation with Boo and you’ll see how he can make aeronautcial engineering seem like 9th grade mathematics. =)[/quote]This is true! I attended a long jump clinic given by him two years ago and he blew my mind with his simplistic, yet HIGHLY informative speech.
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