DEVELOPMENT OF
RESISTANCE
TRAINING
PROGRAMS
A systematic program of exercise involving
exertion of force against a load used to
develop strength, endurance, and/or
hypertrophy of the muscular system.
PROGRAM DESIGN
PROGRAM
4. CHRONIC PROGRAM VARIABLES
3. ACUTE PROGRAM VARIABLES
2. INDIVIDUAL PROGRAM GOALS
1. NEEDS ANALYSIS
NEEDS ANALYSIS
Evaluation of the Sport
Movement Analysis: What movement
patterns and muscles must be trained?
Physiological Analysis: What are needs for
muscle strength, power, hypertrophy, and
endurance?
What are the common sites for joint and
muscle injury?
What other requirements such as speed,
agility, flexibility and cardiovascular
endurance are needed?
Muscle Groups
What muscle groups should be trained
requires basic analysis of movement.
Movement analysis includes
examination of:
Muscles *Movement velocities
Joint angles *Forces involved
Understand exactly what you are trying
to mimic.
Principle of specificity overriding rule.
Muscle Action
Most activities and resistance training
programs use several types of muscle
action (dynamic concentric, dynamic
eccentric, and isometric).
Examples.
Elite power lifters lower greater resistances
slower than less competitive lifters.
Wrestling involves many isometric holds.
Muscle Physiologic Component
Determine magnitude of improvement
needed for variables such as muscle
strength, power, hypertrophy, endurance,
balance, agility, speed, coordination,
flexibility, and body composition.
Improvement in all these variables may not
be needed in all cases.
Examples. Sports that require high ratio of
strength: mass or power: mass – weight
classes. Sports that benefit from body mass.
Primary Sites of Injury
“Prehabilitation” preventing initial injury
by training the points and muscles
that are most susceptible to injury.
Prevention of reinjury also an
important goal.
Resistance training may help prepare
systems for more extensive repair
activities needed for faster injury
recovery.
NEEDS ANALYSIS
Assessment of the Athlete
Training Status
Physical Testing
Strength
Flexibility
Power
Speed
Muscular endurance
Body composition
Choice of Exercise
Select exercises that stress muscles & joint
angles designated by needs analysis.
Core exercises train prime movers in
particular movement, are typically major
muscle (i.e. chest, shoulder, hip or thigh)
exercises, & involve two or more joints.
Assistance exercises train predominantly
one muscle group that aids in movement
by prime movers.
Choice of Exercises
Structural exercises emphasize
loading the spine directly (e.g. back
squat) or indirectly (e.g., power clean).
Power exercise is a structural
exercise that is performed very quickly
or explosively.
Basic Exercises
•Chest Press
•Row or Pulldown
•Overhead Press or
Lateral Raise
•Arm Curl
•Triceps Extension
•Leg Press
•Leg Extension
•Leg Curl
•Abdominal Curl
•Low Back
Extension
Order of Exercises
Large before small
Multi-joint before
single-joint
Alternate push-pull
Alternate upper
and lower
Weak points before
strong points
Olympic before
basic strength
Power-type first
Most intense to
least intense
Normal alternate order is used initially, and then if desired, a stacked order
is gradually incorporated (among elite body builders for hypertrophy).
Resistance
Strength
85% - 100%
of 1 RM
Size
70% - 85%
of 1 RM
Endurance
50% - 70%
of 1 RM
Resistance
(Load)
Percent of
Maximum
Repetitions
Strength
1 to 5
Repetitions
Size
6 to 12
Repetitions
Endurance
15 to 50
Repetitions
Repetitions
SYSTEMS
•Multiple Set System
•Single Set System
•Bulk System
•Cheating System
•Exhaustion Set
System
•Forced Repetition
•Super Set System
(Compound Set)
•Flushing
•Pyramid
•Negative
•Rest-Pause
•Split
•Circuit
•Peripheral Heart
Frequency
•Beginner: 3 days per week; if intensity
remains low (<60% 1 RM), proceed to
4-5 days per week after delayed
muscle soreness subsides
•Intermediate: 3 days per week
•Advanced: 4-6 days per week on split
routine
PROGRESSION
•Arbitrary Weight Progression: one
arbitrarily increases resistance every 3 to 6
training sessions
•1 RM Testing and Progression: test for 1
RM every 4 to 6 weeks and increase on
basis of new maximums
•Repetitions: when capable of performing
all sets with additional reps, resistance is
increased
PERIODIZATION
Periodization refers to organizing resistance
training into phases of different types of
exercise done at varying intensities and
volumes for a specific time period.
Fractionating the macrocycle (usually one
year) into component parts (mesocycles)
enables manipulation of training variables to
prevent overtraining and provide means to
alter the variety of workouts.
Theoretical Construct of
Periodization
Must be a gradual progressive preparation of
muscle & soft tissue for future exposure to
greater volumes and higher intensities.
There are 2 physiological aspects of muscle
strength. Each aspect requires application of
different volumes and intensities.
Continued high intensity or high volume trg w/o
recovery time leads to constant stimulation of
nervous & endocrine systems.
Increases in strength are larger & more stable
when cycling programs are utilized.
PERIODIZATION TABLE
Expert
Phase I Phase IIPhase IIIPhase IV
General Base Load Peak Recovery
Ward ConditioningTrainingCompetition
Active
Rest
Stone Hypertrophy
Basic
Strength
Strength/
Power
Recovery
MatveyevPreparation
Transition
1
Competition
Transition
2
PERIODIZATION TABLE
Parameters
of Exercise
Phase I Phase II Phase IIIPhase IV
Sets 3 – 10 3 – 5 3 – 7 1 – 3
Repetitions9 – 15 5 – 9 1 – 4 10 – 15+
Intensity40-60% 75-85% 85-100%<60%
Volume High
Moderate/
High
Low Low
Purpose
Preparation
Conditioning
Strength &
Hypertrophy
Strength
& Power
Rest &
Recovery
PERIODIZATION SCHEME
PLYOMETRIC TRAINING
Term plyometric from Latin plyo + metric
interpreted to mean “measurable
increases.”
Plyometric training movements make use of
the inherent stretch-recoil characteristics of
skeletal muscle and neurological
modulation via the myotatic reflex.
The stretch-shortening cycle describes the
sequence, eccentric-isometric-concentric
muscle actions.
STRETCH-SHORTENING
CYCLE
PLYOMETRIC TRAINING
Plyometric drill training incorporates
body mass and force of gravity to
provide rapid pre-stretch or cocking
phase, to activate the stretch reflex
and muscle’s natural elastic recoil
elements.
When stretching occurs rapidly, stored
elastic energy in muscle fibers, and
initiation of myotatic reflex combine to
produce a powerful concentric action.
PLYOMETRIC TRAINING
PLYOMETRIC TRAINING
Six classifications of lower extremity
plyometric exercises:
Jumps-in-place
Standing jumps
Multiple hops and jumps
Bounding
Box drills
Depth jumps
Medicine ball activities train upper
extremity.
PLYOMETRIC TRAINING
PLYOMETRIC TRAINING
Very specific in nature but very broad in
application
For lower extremities, designed to train
athlete to develop either vertical or horizontal
acceleration.
Offensive lineman or crouch start: standing
long jump, double leg hops→ horizontal force.
Basketball rebound or volleyball spike: depth
jump skills→ vertical power.
Medicine ball activities train the upper
extremities.
References
Chu, Donald A. 1998. Jumping into
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Victor L. Katch. 2000. Essentials of
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