ACSM Health & Fitness Summit

2013 ACSM Health & Fitness Summit

Las Vegas, Baby!

Busting Through Training Plateaus

Jason Karp, Ph.D.

2011 IDEA Personal Trainer of the Year

RunCoachJason.com

[email protected]

I. Periodization

A) Definition

B) Linear Periodization

C) Reverse Linear Periodization

D) Non-Linear (Undulating) Periodization

E) Research Findings

II. Training Loads

A) Stimulating Loads
B) Maintenance Loads
C) Recovery Loads

II. Training Cycles

A) Macrocycles
B) Mesocycles
C) Microcycles

III. How to Build a Periodized Program

IV. Examples of Periodized Programs

V. Other Training Points

A) Systematization

B) Progression

VI. Recovery

A) Reestablishment of Homeostasis
B) Adaptation