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Ash JonesI´ve been a fan of your web site for a while and ran into the warrior princess article.....

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Hello Ash, my name is Giannina I´m 21 and I´ve been training track and field all my life. I´ve been an elite athlete and represented my country(Chile) a bunch of times during youth competitions. I´ve been a fan of your web site for a while and ran into the warrior princess article. I wanted to ask you if this program would be ideal to an off season program, for a track and field athlete. If I could use it, please could you be more specific if the first six weeks of training would be only volume or mixed between intensity and volume??. Other wise could you help me out with an off season program, I am currently with out a strength coach.
A little detail hahaha if I do this program, would I get a little slow and heavy to play a little sevens for fun during the summer?
 
 
Congrats´on the web site, it is really helpfull and not everyone is as open as you are to sharing their knowledge. Hopefully you can help me a little.
                                                                         Best Regards, Giannina Guerra.

ANSWER:
Hi Gianni, thanks for your mail, after reviewing the Warrior Princess article I feel that it may have too much non specific muscle training for an athlete since it was more specific for a bodybuilder, as a track and field athlete and at your stage of development I feel it is important to work on strength and power, and specific muscle size increases will follow on from this, to this end I would like to show you a program I wrote fr another athlete recently, she was wanting a program to emphasise power and strength, previously she had been doing long drawn out workouts which took almost 2 hours to complete, also attached is a more Olympic lifting based program which is also very specific to power production which I feel you would benefit, I would alternate them as I have lifted, hope they are of use to you in your sport, also I would say go ahead and play 7's you will have a good change of pace and it is as much for the head as the body so go for it, cheers, ash
 

2 or 3 workouts per week, alternating between workout A and B for 4 - 6 weeks

Workout A

Workout B

Hang Clean + Push Press s/s seated to standing jumps (5’s)

Wk 1 – 5,4,3,2,1 x 3 rest pause 15 seconds between sets then 3 minutes between groups

Wk 2 – 6/1, 6/1, 6/1 contrast loading

Wk 3 – 3/2/1 wave x 3

Hang Clean s/s knees to feet jumps (5’s)

Wk 1 – 5,4,3,2,1 x 3 rest pause 15 seconds between sets
then 3 minutes between groups

Wk 2 – 6/1, 6/1, 6/1 contrast loading

Wk 3 – 3/2/1 wave x 3

Safety Bar Squat s/s repeat long jumps (3’s)

Wk 1 – 5,4,3,2,1 x 3 rest pause 15 seconds between sets then 3 minutes between groups

Wk 2 – 6/1, 6/1, 6/1 contrast loading

Wk 3 – 3/2/1 wave x 3

Front Squats s/s Box jump ups (3’s)

Wk 1 – 5,4,3,2,1 x 3 rest pause 15 seconds between
sets then 3 minutes between groups

Wk 2 – 6/1, 6/1, 6/1 contrast loading

Wk 3 – 3/2/1 wave x 3

Leg Press

Wk 1 – 6,12,25 drop set x 3 half the weight between each set minimal rest then 3 minutes between major sets

Wk 2 -  5,4,3,2,1 x 3 rest pause 15 seconds between sets then 3 minutes between groups

Wk 3 – 7/5/3 wave x 2

Safety Bar Combo Good Morning

Wk 1 – 5,4,3,2,1 x 3 rest pause 15 seconds between sets
then 3 minutes between groups

Wk 2 – 6/1, 6/1, 6/1 contrast loading

Wk 3 – 3/2/1 wave x 3

Flat Bench Press s/s Seated Row or Bent Over Row

Wk 1 – 6,12,25 drop set x 3 half the weight between each set minimal rest then 3 minutes between major sets

Wk 2 -  5,4,3,2,1 x 3 rest pause 15 seconds between sets then 3 minutes between groups

Wk 3 – 7/5/3 wave x 2

Incline Bench Press s/s Pulldown to Chest or Chins

Wk 1 – 6,12,25 drop set x 3 half the weight between each set
minimal rest then 3 minutes between major sets

Wk 2 -  5,4,3,2,1 x 3 rest pause 15 seconds between sets
then 3 minutes between groups

Wk 3 – 7/5/3 wave x 2

 
 
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Then you can do the program below for 4 weeks, make sure you have someone to show you the Olympic movements corrctly, unless you already have good technique in these lifts.

 

* Olympic- Strength/Speed Movements (all workout weights are written as %)

Week

Work Out

Intensity Rating

Volume

1

(70 x 4, 73 x 4, 76 x 4) x 2

Medium/Heavy

24

2

(82 x 3, 85 x 3, 88 x 3) x 2

Heavy

18

3

 61 x 5, 64 x 5, 67 x 5

Medium

15

4

91 x 2, 94 x 2, 97 x 2

Very Heavy

6

 

 

# Strength Movements

Week

Work Out

Intensity Rating

Volume

1

(70 x 5, 73 x 5, 76 x 5) x 2

Medium/Heavy

30

2

(82 x 3, 85 x 3, 88 x 3) x 2

Heavy

18

3

61 x 7, 64 x 7, 67 x 7

Medium

21

4

91 x 2, 94 x 2, 97 x 2

Very Heavy

6

 

 

Basic Program Example – Pull, Push, Squat, Posterior Chain – Heavy, Light, Medium

Monday

Wednesday

Friday

Snatch Pulls*

Power Snatch*

Power Clean*

Rack Jerks*

Military Press#

Push Press*

Back Squats#

Overhead Squats#

Front Squats#

Romanian Dead Lift#

Glute Ham Raise#

Good Morning#

 

Program follows the sets and reps and load/intensity protocols as listed

 

Weekly Volume

 

Week 1           330 reps – Medium/Heavy Load 39%

Week 2           216 reps – Heavy Load 26%

Week 3           222 reps – Medium Load 26%

Week 4           72 reps – Maximal Load 9%

 

Total for month – 840 reps

 

This volume only refers to work weights and does not take into consideration the number of sets or reps that would be required to get to the working weight required for the session.

Ash

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