This 6 week Periodized Adaptation program is step 1 of 5 in a progression that results in peak performance. This Phase is ideal for anyone rehabing a pre-existing injury or just starting into performance training.

Phase One:

Anatomical Adaptation Training The Anatomical Adaptation phase of training is the first phase in what is known as the Periodization of Strength. The Periodization of Strength in short is the organizing of training periods throughout the year. This mode of training alternates the type of muscle function being trained to better accommodate the athletes personal needs in terms of strengths, weaknesses, and the ability to peak for specific athletic competitions or season. To achieve maximum performance, training must be planned and periodized in such a manner that ensures performance improvements through each phase, culminating or peaking during the competitive season or event. Each sport requires specific combinations of strength, speed, agility, power, endurance etc….

Objectives:

The objectives of this phase are to involve most muscle groups and to prepare the muscles, ligaments, tendons, and joints to endure the subsequent lengthy and strenuous training phases. Strengthen Core areas first; including spinal column and trunk region. This is especially important in younger athlete’s mainly amateur level, high-school, and even collegiate players. In order to become a powerful athlete the bodies core area must be stable enough to compensate, for tremendous levels of exerted force, without conceding in either technical or tactical areas to balance such exertion. In other words, ones strength may be tremendous however without a strong core area the ability to apply that strength is negated.

The purpose of this phase in short is not to focus on areas which the athlete is already proficient, rather to adapt other lesser developed areas to allow the application of strength both in competition and prior to that, in the following phases of training.