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hamish's picture
hamish

I am in a real dilema on what to do. I have November, December, January and february to train before the soccer season starts. My goal is to highly improve my SAQ. I want to improve my top speed. My acceleration. And of course my agility. I also want to develop my 'open kinetic chain.' Stand up and shake your leg laterally and forwards and backwards like it is having a fit.. I want to basically improve the speed in which i do that.

So a summary of my goals : SAQ and 'open kinetic chain action.'

I basically don't know how to go about acheiving these goals. I don't know how many sessions I need to do per week, whether or not i should do weights or plyometrics etc etc. I spend lots of time reading through this site and other sites and it has helped me understand heaps, but Im still not sure what i need to do for MY situation.

Here is my conditoning history, and my times or distances for sprints/jumps. Also some of my basic lifts on the weights. This is so you can hopefully judge by what iv'e done and where i am at speed/strength wise, what i need to do the next four monthsto acheive my goals. So here it is:

I tested this sprints/jumps on the 1st of may.
All handtimed.

20m sprint - 3.5

50m sprint - 7.55

standing long jump - 2.06

I did alot of other test like 6m hop for time, triple hop for distance different agility tests etc, but i will try to keep it brief and that should give a general idea of where i was at. Please tell me if i should post up my other results.

Eight weeks maximun strength June 20 -August 14th.

I will post my entire program up that i followed for the eight weeks if anyone would be willing to look over it. I don't expect anyone to of course and its probably not really neccessary to know what my ENTIRE program was for the eight weeks.

On June 20 here were some of my lifts -

BB bench press - 28kg 6x3.

Lat pull down wide grip - 25kg 8x3.

Back squat - 30kg 8x3.

Split squat - 20kg 8x3.

On august 14 here were my improvements in the strength department:

BB bench press - 40 kg 4x4.

Lat pull down wide grip - 40kg 2x2.

Back squat - 55kg 5x3.

Split squat 30 kg 8x3.

Some other new lifts were

military press - 23kg 4x4

Deadlift - 55kg 6x4.

I tested my sprints/jumps on august 12. Here were the improvements:

20m sprint - 3.35

50m sprint -7.35

standing long jump - 2.24

After the max strength phase I did some sprints and weights but not very much due to injuries.

Now I am in the fourth week of a new phase 'increased work capacity,' which has involved me doing sprints and some weights one day and tempo [Charlie francis] the next day. IE 100m at 60 - 70% followed by a 100m walk with some situps in between sets. 6 days per week.

Again i will post my program up if anyone would be willing to look over it. Or if thats neccessary.

So thats were i am at speed wise and strength wise. I will test my sprint/jumps again next week probably.

Now I have 4 months to work towards my goals. I have listed everything i have done conditoning wise and my current speed/strength level [very bad i know].

Now the question: What should I do now?

Here was what i was thinking:

Either 2 or 3 sessions per week. Do my sprintwork/drills and agility work first, any plyometrics second, and weights third. I was going to look into learning some olympic lifts possibly..

Is that a bad idea?

If it is ok could someone please show me a sample program, or session?

eg

10m sprint x 5.

30m sprint x 5.

Agility drill x 5.

Vertical jumps 10x5.

Shaking leg in air 10 seconds x 3 [for open kinetic chain ]

Back squat 5x5.

Split squat 5x5.

I would be thinking my program would look SOMETHING like that with possibly some ladderwork, and some different speed work to my sprints like highknees for an example. Obviously the agility and plyometric is just an example of what i might be doing. Im not sure what i should do with weights either..

I don't care about developing anything else for four months except speed for football [soccer]. Basically imagine I am training like a sprinter [not building endurance etc] :D

I REALLY want to get this right. It is beyond importance. I want to get as many fast muscle fibres as I can! :) [I know there are many other factors]

I am buying a DVD of charlie francis's website in about 4 weeks, but until then it will be hard for me to grasp the knowledge needed to take a proper approach to this.

If someone would PLEASE help me I would be forever grateful.. Sorry if i seem a little dumb, but i just don't know what to do!

Thanks for any help!!! :D :D

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AlexWolf

How old are you Hamish?

What is with the 'open kinetic chain' work you want to do?

which Charlie Francis DVD you getting?

charlie Francis has some good work but i dont support all of his ideas and training methods. They have worked with very gifted athletes but not everyone can/is going to get the same results.

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hamish

Thanks alot for replying Alex!

Remember me, you helped me set up the Max strength phase?

I am soon to turn 16. I am getting the GPP essentials DvD. I haven't grasped many of charlies but the main one I have understood from his forum [charlfrancis.com/community] is the high/low approach to training. That is high CNS stress one day and low CNS stress the next day. It worked well for my increased work capacity phase.

But now I have four months to work purely on those goals I listed.

With the 'open kinetic chain' that is just a term I picked up. Basically I want to make it faster to benefit me for different reasons of the field, the main one being it will build my confidence tremendously. So imagine yourself standing up with your leg raised in front forming roughly a 90 degree angle. Then shake your leg sideways as fast as possible. I want to make that faster, as well as my SAQ of course!

You have helped me so much in the past, and I value your opinion above everyone elses. Your opinion is unbiased which is great!!

So what should i do in your opinion? I know I need to buy a book/DVD to get a grasp on the correct training concepts and learn more about periodization, but that waont be possible for another 4 weeks sadly. :cry:

So what should my focus be, and how should my training be periodized that is how should the focus change over the period of the four months? I have listed my times or distances for some sprints/jumps and showed so basic lifts [eg Back squat - 55kg 5x3.] (I dont include the barbell which weighs 5kg).

I forget to mention I am 1.67m and 58kg.

So should I just work on sprints, plyos and core strength with lowerbody weights? What are my weaknesses based on my stats? Would two session per week be a good idea?

Here is a three sesion per week program I made for next week [just as an example]

Session 1 -

10m sprint x 5 with one min rests.

1 min rest.

30m sprint x 2 with 3 min rests.

3 min rest.

Illinois Agility run x 2 with 3 min rests.

3 min rest.

Vertical jumps 10 x 2 with 2 min rests.

Explosive chest pass with medicine ball 4kg 10x2 with 1 min rests.

Session 2 -

20m sprint x 5 with 2 min rests.

2 min rest.

Icky shuffle x 2 with 2 min rests.

2 min rest.

High kness through ladder x 2 with 2 min rests.

5 min rest.

Back squat 55kg 3x4 with 3 min rests.

3 min rest.

SLDL 30kg 5x2 with 2 min rests.

2 min rest.

Bridge on swiss ball 3 mins x 2 with 1 min rests.

Session 3 -

10m sprint x 5 with 1 min rests.

2 min rest.

Lateral leg shake in air 10 seconds x 3 with 2 min rests. [open kinetic]

2 min rest

Explosive medicine ball sit ups 10 x 5 with 2 min rests.

5 min rest

Split squat 30kg 6 x3 with 3 min rests.

I think 2 sessions might be a better idea with perhaps one light tempo session in between for recovery and variation in training stimulus. Also I will be training my technique every day of course so doing one tempo session a week, might be of benefit.

So there's my questions, goals and plans!

A little off topic, but on the road to prevent overtraining I created this excel template. http://s23.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=2656RWMTAQH4I0U6GT7B4XOOW0

Right click save as to download if you want to its only 19kb.

RPE Stands for 'rating of perceived exertion', done after each training session [if multiple session are done the 'rpe' is summated].

Here is the information I used to create the template.

http://www.charliefrancis.com/community/showthread.php?t=10583&page=2

If you have a look at it, tell me what you think!! [It finally gives me a way to monitor all my training]

Thanks heaps for replying, and thanks very very much for any future help!! :D

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hamish

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