what’s going on?
Haven’t posted in a while so let’s jump in head first.
What have I learned lately- mostly that there’s alot of bad programming out there. There’s also some great programming. At my friend’s S+C business, we’ve seen many athletes heading to college who drop the optimal, Westside based lifting program that’s served them very well in favor of the college’s cookie cutter workout sheet that the coach sent for the summer. I’ve seen alot of these programs myself over the years, the one common thread: they mostly suck.
My weight room is littered with college workout books filled with circuit training, 3 sets of 10 and other nonsense training systems that are no where near optimal.
There are a couple reasons for this. #1. the strength coach at the school doesn’t know what you know or where you are from a training standpoint. Therefore it’s cookie cutter, bland, not truly challenging. #2. Your future sport coach put the workout together himself based on something he read, without any understanding of training effects, muscle physiology or anything else. Neither is particularly the coaches fault.
You should find a performance coach, not a personal trainer, but a performance coach and train under that person. They know you, will work with your strengths and weaknesses. You will be better able to compete with college athletes in the end.
All college coaches will want you to be strong and fast, how you get there is your choice.
