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Most athletes in search of that elusive extra edge in strength and power look to resistance training in one form or another. Often they think they need a new exercise to sharpen them up. But what they may not realise is that considerable improvements in training outcomes can be achieved without changing the content of their routines but simply by altering the sequence of exercises and varying the rest times between exercises.
In a previous article I homed in on the potentiation effect in relation to inter-session periodisation, while John Shepherd focused on recent research on complex and contrast training.
In this article I want to expand further on both these topics with examples of how different sessions can be devised with specific outcomes in mind by changing the sequence and rest times between sets. All the sessions I will describe are based on just five exercises: bench press, bench throw, bench pull, the squat and the squat jump.
Read full article by James Marshall.
 | Author: | whatsnew (whatsnew's profile, whatsnew's blog) |
 | Posted On: | Mon, 2006-10-09 18:22 |
 | Tags: | Sports, Strength and Training Techniques |
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