Every performance coach has a unique background in terms of their education and experience, and as a result, has different preferences for how they design and coach their programs. Over the years I’ve worked with athletes that have found success (in terms of physical development) coming from a lot of different programs.

The two key qualities that dictate whether a program will “work” for an athlete, or not, are CONSISTENCY and INTENT.

Athletes that skip training sessions won’t make progress and will experience more soreness/fatigue from each training session.

Athletes that JUST show up, but don’t do things correctly or put forth their best effort won’t make progress and may have an increased risk of injury.

You need both.

A “mediocre” program done consistently with maximal effort will outperform the “best” program done sporadically or haphazardly, every time.

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Kevin Neeld
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    Seemingly small improvements lead to large changes in training volume.

    There are many different ways to gauge training progress. In terms of resistance training, many people default to how much weight they use. While this is certainly reasonable, it may lead the individual to thinking they’ve made less progress than they actually have.

    For example, consider an athlete starting a new phase with a DB Goblet 1-Leg Squat. Week 1 they do 3 sets of 8 with a 50lb dumbbell. Week 2 they climb 5lbs each for set 2 and set 3. Week 3 they add a 4th set at 55lbs.

    ➡ Week 1: (50*8)+(50*8)+(50*x8)=1200
    ➡ Week 3: (50*8)+(55*8)+(60*8)+(55*x8)=1760

    …they’ve actually increased their total training volume by 47% in that time span.

    Depending on the client and the goal, progress can mean different things. Total training volume is an easy thing to track and an often overlooked way of communicating substantial training progress. Look for wins!

    Feel free to post any comments/questions below. If you found this helpful, please share/re-post it so others can benefit.

    To your success,

    Kevin Neeld
    SpeedTrainingforHockey.com
    HockeyTransformation.com
    OptimizingAdaptation.com

    P.S. If you’re interested in year-round comprehensive hockey-specific training programs for players at different ages, check out Ultimate Hockey Transformation.

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