While GPP mostly indicates a specifik point in the season where there is a focus on physical preperation, physical preparation is an interesting topic in it self.
Tudor talks about anatomical adaption, but i think this term lags focus on several things ex.
– Movement mechanics
– soft tissue quality
– muscle balance
– joint health
– mobility
– muscle tone
– biological factors (this off topic for this post)
In athletics we do all kinds of physical preperation stuff. Tempo runs, hurdle walk overs, cirquit, and so forth. This is not only anatomical preparation. Also the best way to anatomical prepare for running or lifting is, running or lifting with lower intensity or volume. Some specific work can be done with slow speed strengthning excercises but its hard to prepare specifically enough because people sprint differently.
i postede this in an earlier thread:
“I am learning alot from people writing specifik examples of workouts on this site. I can analyse the program and look for pros and cons. Also if something seems odd i research the detail. Also its gives an opportunity to discus specifik details in more pragmatic kontekst even if its just on paper.”
…and asked for specifik workouts and people shared some good stuff but i feel i need to dig a bit deeper to get some good answers.
In the thread we agreed on the need for specifik preperation for specifik work in the thread But we are still doing cirquits. Not that this is bad. I remember and article proving less chance of injury from track and fields athletes focusing on more tempo runs and cirquits.
I am gonna broaden the scope a little with this topic and ask:
1. How do you measure physical preparedness
2. Which kind of cirquits do you train to become physical prepared and can you explain the specifik purpose of each excercise. Please do if you can (i hope everyone catch the provocativ attitude her, as i am also trying to get people to think, with me, about the reason why we do what we do).
3. What is your experience with the effect of physical preparedness and the lack off (in relation to how your measuring and defining physical preparedness).
