Periodization For Multiple Athletic Events

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Thanks for the replies and sifting through my confusing question. I am speaking of the trickier situation with overlapping seasons, effectively giving them a month-long off-season for the entire year, which should be used mostly for recovery.

Your answers helped me think it out. Back to common sense for me! Thank you.

If I remember rightly, Dan John recommends that 80% of training time for athletes be practice in their sport of choice, runners run, throwers throw, etc.

The remaining 20% should be focused on a basic strength program to support that, so think Easy Strength or lower volume 5/3/1 variations rather than high rep squats or GVT. Something that’s easy to recover from, ie. low volume per workout.

Yeah basically this.

Some good tips in this thread here also…

In-Season Training Results

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