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Chapter 17: Program Design for Resistance Training Flashcards

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Principles of training applicable to resistance training

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  • Specificity
  • Overload
  • Progression
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Specificity

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The method whereby an athlete is trained in a specific manner to produce a specific adaptation or training outcome

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Specificity in resistance training refers to:

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  • Muscles involved
  • Movement pattern
  • Nature of the muscle action (speed, force application, etc)
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SAID Principle

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  • Specific Adaptations to Imposed Demands

- Underlying principle is that the type of demand placed on the body dictates the type of adaptation that will occur

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Overload

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Refers to assigning a workout or training regimen of greater intensity than the athlete is accustomed to

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Progression

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The intensity of the training needs to become progressively greater

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Program Design Variables

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  • Step 1: Needs analysis
  • Step 2: Exercise selection
  • Step 3: Training frequency
  • Step 4: Exercise order
  • Step 5: Training load and repetitions
  • Step 6: Volume
  • Step 7: Rest periods
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Step 1: Needs Analysis

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  • A 2-stage process determining what the training program will require
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Stages of Needs Analysis Step

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  • Evaluate the requirements and characteristics of the sport

- Assess the athlete

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Considerations in Evaluations of the Sport

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  • Movement analysis
  • Physiological analysis
  • Injury analysis
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Movement Analysis

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Body and limb movement patterns and muscular involvement

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Physiological Analysis

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Strength, power, hypertrophy, and muscular endurance priorities

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Injury Analysis

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Common sites for joint and muscle injury and causative factors

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Athlete assessment

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  • Evaluate the athlete’s needs and goals through interviews, conducting a variety of tests
  • Evaluate the results, determine the primary goal of training
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Training Status

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An athlete’s current condition or level of preparedness to begin a new or revised program

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Training Background

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  • AKA exercise history

- Training that has occurred before beginning a new or revised program

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An assessment of training background should examine:

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  • Type of training program (sprint, plyometric, etc.)
  • Length of recent regular participation in previous training program(s)_
  • Level of intensity involved in previous training program(s)
  • Degree of exercise technique experience
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Exercise Technique Experience

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The knowledge and skill to perform resistance training exercises properly

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Training Status Classifications

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  • Beginner (untrained)
  • Intermediate (moderately trained)
  • Advanced (well-trained)
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Beginner Athlete Background

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  • Current program: not training or just began
  • Training age: <2 months
  • Frequency (per week): 1-2
  • Training stress: None or low
  • Technique experience and skill: None or minimal
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Intermediate Athlete Background

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  • Current program: Currently training
  • Training age: 2-6 months
  • Frequency (per week): 2-3
  • Training stress: Medium
  • Technique experience and skill: Basic
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Advanced Athlete Background

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  • Current program: Currently training
  • Training age: at least 1 year
  • Frequency (per week): at least 3-4
  • Training stress: High
  • Technique experience and skill: High
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Physical Evaluation

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Involves conducting assessments of the athlete’s strength, flexibility, power, speed, muscular endurance, body composition, cardiovascular endurance, etc

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Physical Evaluation for Resistance Training

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Focus is on maximal muscular strength

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Physical Evaluation and Specificity
Selected tests should be related to the athlete's sport, consistent with the athlete's level of skill, and realistically based on the equipment available
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What should be done with the results of the assessment?
Results should be compared with normative or descriptive data to determine the athlete's strengths and weaknesses
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Training Goals and Resistance Training
Despite a potential desire or need to make improvements in 2 areas, the program should concentrate on only 1 training outcome per season
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Step 2: Exercise Selection
Choosing exercises for a resistance training program
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Factors for exercise classification
- Size of muscle areas involved | - Level of contribution to a particular sport movement
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Core Exercise
- Recruits 1+ large muscle areas - Involves 2+ primary joints (multi-joint exercise) - Receive priority when selecting exercises due to their direct application to the sport
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Assistance Exercise
- Usually recruit smaller muscle areas - Involve only 1 primary joint (single-joint exercise) - Considered less important to improving sport performance
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Structural Exercise
A core exercise that emphasizes loading the spine either directly (back squat) or indirectly (power clean)
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Power Exercise
A structural exercise that is performed very quickly or explosively
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Movement Analysis
- Focus should be on selecting exercises that are relevant to movement patterns, joint ROM, and muscular involvement - Exercises should also create muscular balance to reduce risk of injury
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Sport-Specific Exercises
- The more similar to an activity an exercise is, the greater likelihood there will be a positive transfer to that sport - SAID principle
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Muscle Balance
- Avoid designing a program that increases risk of injury due to strength disparity between agonist and antagonist - Does not always mean EQUAL strength, just the right ratio of strength
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Agonist
The muscle or muscle group actively causing the movement
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Antagonist
The sometimes passive, not concentrically involved muscle or muscle group located on the opposite side of the limb
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Recovery Exercise
An exercise that does not involve high muscular or nervous system stress but promotes movement and restoration
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What does recovery exercise do?
- Assist in the removal of metabolic wastes and by-products | - Maintain blood flow to the exercised muscles
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Exercise Technique Experience and Exercise Selection
Make sure the athlete can perform the required movements
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Availability of Resistance Training Equipment and Exercise Selection
Equipment available will impact which exercises can be performed
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Available Training Time per Session
Use time wisely
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Step 3: Training Frequency
- The number of training sessions given in a certain time period (commonly 1 week)
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Considerations for determining training frequency
Consider the athlete's: - Training status - Sport's season - Projected exercise loads - Exercise types - Concurrent training or other activities
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Training Status and Training Frequency
- Traditionally, 3x/week for a novice | - As athlete becomes more advanced, frequency may need to increase
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General Guideline for Training Frequency
Schedule training sessions to have at least 1, but no more than 3, rest/recovery days for sessions working the same muscle groups
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Split Routine
- For intermediate or advanced athletes - Instead of training the whole body every session, different areas are trained on different days - This allows recovery to occur for specific body regions while training frequency increases
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Sport Season and Training Frequency
Skill-development may take priority over weight training during the season, so the days/week in the weight room may have to decrease
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Training Load and Training Frequency
- Max or near-max loads require more recovery time before training again - Evidence that upper body recovers faster than lower body from high intensity workouts
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Exercise Type and Training Frequency
Single-joint exercises are easier to recover from than multi-joint exercises
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Other Activities and Training Frequency
- Frequency is influenced by the overall amount of physical stress - If there are other forms of training, or a physically demanding job, weight training frequency may need to decrease
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Step 4: Exercise Order
- A sequence of resistance exercises performed during one training session - Exercises should be arranged so that max force producing capacity is available to ensure proper technique
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Most common methods for ordering resistance exercises
- Power, Other Core, then Assistance Exercises - Upper and Lower Body Exercises Alternated - "Push" and "Pull" Exercises Alternated - Supersets and Compound Sets
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Power, Other Core, then Assistance Exercises
- Power exercises first, followed by other core exercises, then assistance exercises last - This ensures the most technical and metabolically demanding exercises get priority
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Upper and Lower Body Exercises Alternated
- Helpful for untrained individuals if completing exercises for the same area in succession is too difficult - Minimizes length of rest periods between exercises and maximizes rest for a body area - Minimizes total training time - Used in circuit training
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Circuit Training
- If exercises are performed with minimal rest periods (20-30 seconds) - Sometimes used to improve cardiorespiratory endurance
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"Push" and "Pull" Exercises Alternated
- Ensures the same muscle group will not be used in 2 exercises in succession - Reduces effect of fatigue - Also used in circuit training
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Supersets and Compound Sets
- Time efficient and purposely more demanding | - May not be appropriate for unconditioned athletes
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Superset
Involves sequentially performed exercises that stress two opposing muscles are muscle areas (an agonist and its antagonist)
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Compound Sets
Involves sequentially performing 2 different exercises for the same muscle group
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Step 5: Training Load and Repetitions
- Load: The amount of weight assigned to an exercise set | - Repetitions: The number of times an exercise is performed
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Mechanical Work
The product of force and displacement
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Volume-load
Product of the weight and how many times it is lifted
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Repetition-volume
The total number of repetitions
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Training load for strength
- 85% or above | - Goal reps: 6 or less
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Training load for power (single-effort event)
- Shot put, high jump, weightlifting - 80-90% - Goal reps: 1-2
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Training load for power (multiple-effort event)
- Basketball, volleyball - 75-85% - Goal reps: 3-5
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Training load for hypertrophy
- 67-85% | - Goal reps: 6-12
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Training load for muscular endurance
- 67% or less | - Goal reps: 12 or more
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2-for-2 Rule
If the athlete can do 2+ reps over assigned rep goal for 2 consecutive workouts, weight should be added
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Load increases for smaller, weaker, less trained athete
- Upper body: 2.5-5 lb | - Lower body: 5-10 lb
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Load increases for larger, stronger, more trained athlete
- Upper body: 5-10 lb | - Lower body: 10-15 lb
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Step 6: Volume
Relates to the total amount of weight lifted in a training session
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Set
A group of reps sequentially performed before the athlete stops to rest
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Multiple vs Single Sets
- Single-set is possibly better for novices | - Multiple sets are better suited for strength gains due to the overall increase in volume
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Training Status and Volume
As an athlete adapts to long-term training, increasing volume will be necessary
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Training Goals affected by Volume
- Strength and power - Hypertrophy - Muscular endurance
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Volume Assignments for Strength
- Goal reps: 6 or less | - Sets: 2-6
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Strength gains for untrained individuals
Nearly any type of program will work for strength increases
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Volume Assignments for Single-Effort Power Event
- Goal reps: 1-2 | - Sets: 3-5
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Volume Assignments for Multiple-Effort Power Event
- Goal reps: 3-5 | - Sets: 3-5
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Volume Assignments for Hypertrophy
- Goal reps: 6-12 | - Sets: 3-6
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Number of exercises per muscle group for increasing muscle size
3+
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Volume Assignments for Muscular Endurance
- Goal reps: 12 or more | - Sets: 2-3
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Step 7: Rest Periods
- AKA interset rest | - The time dedicated to recovery between sets and exercises
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Factors affecting rest time
- Goal of training - Relative load lifted - Athlete's training status
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Rest Periods for Strength Training
2-5 min
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Rest Periods for Power Training
2-5 min
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Rest Periods for Hypertrophy Training
30 seconds to 1.5 min
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Rest Periods for Muscular Endurance Training
30 seconds or less
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How relative load affects rest time
The heavier the loads are, the longer the rest period should be
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How training status affects rest time
If the athlete is not in good physical condition, rest periods may initially ned to be longer than typically assigned
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