Here are some excerpts from the new book The Elite Trainer: Strength Training for the Serious Professional by John Paul Catanzaro. Visit www.TheEliteTrainer.com and pick up your copy today! Sequence Rotation Most successful strength training plans will vary loading parameters on a regular basis. Exercise sequence is one such variable that can be altered between…
The following template is inspired from the work of the late Professor Yuri Verkhoshansky, who was a senior track and field coach for the Soviet national team for many years, a pioneer of the shock method of training (known as plyometrics), and an innovator in the area of planning and training periodization. MAXIMUM SIZE METHODS…
The typical side-lying dumbbell external rotation overloads the middle of the range. If you use a resistance tube, it overloads the end range. But there’s a way to overload the start range. I learned this from shoulder specialist Dr. Dale Buchberger, so I coined it the Buchberger External Rotation. Simply lean back while performing a…