Today – my friend – we’re going to touch on ALL the hot button topics.
For instance, are we potentially missing the mark with our eccentric-focused training?
Putting an over-emphasis on extensive jump training?
Or maybe, just trying to figure out where the heck do deep tier plyos fit into the equation?
Ken Vick is the President and Global High-Performance Director of Velocity Sports Performance, and someone I know is ALWAYS thinking about training and how to optimize it.
And in today’s episode we’ll cover all those topics – and so many more!
 
Quotable Quotes:
Eccentric actions in sport are the most important in my view. They can give an athlete an advantage or they can cause damage
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You just put a huge engine in without any brakes. If you’re not training through eccentric actions, you’re missing the brakes
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Watch sports looking at it as a movement specialist. What are the movement patterns and what are the muscle actions that go along with that?
 
This Week on the Physical Prep Podcast:

* Ken’s journey from Olympic weightlifting and track coach to high-performance director.
* The Shocks/Springs model, and how they relate to human movement.
* Are slow, controlled eccentric exercises with light weights giving us the training adaptations we want?
* The value of understanding the force/velocity curve – and never getting too caught up on one side of it!
* How Ken uses medicine balls in his training programs.
* Why it’s so important to watch sports as a movement specialist – and not as a casual fan of the game!
* What role should isometrics play in training? And especially with regards to tendon loading programs?
* Ken’s thoughts on both extensive pogos and deep-tier plyos, including where they might fit into your program.
* Final thoughts on building frameworks, systems, and why every coach should work with (or at least watch!) sports they don’t coach.

 

 
Connect with Ken:

* Ken Vick on Instagram
* Ken Vick on Twitter

 
Related Links:

* Ken Vick on Sharing, Speed Development and Being a Radical Centrist

 
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