General Performance Program
(The athlete foundation)
This program is designed for athletes to build the athletic foundation. Every athlete no matter age group, prior training or equipment acces -are able to do this program.
Here we are working on a broad aspect of physical elements, such as speed, strength, agility, injury prevention, mobility and generally health of joints and muscles, to make you the allrounded perfect athlete.
It will prepare you for other of the more adavanced and specific program. Beacuse these other programs doesn’t have the same abilty to ease in and control the training volume. It’s also easier to follow and schedule when in season and playing a lot of games.
Recommendation is 1-3 intense peak sessions per week depending on how many team practices and games you got that same week. But optimally minimum 2 times Then besides that, 2 low intensity active recovery/injury prevention sessions per week.
On a week of maybe 3 team practices and then also a game at the end of the week. Then 3 sessions of intense lifting and plyometric training, would in most footballers cases be way too much. Therefore your training has to be scheduled carefully, so it’s not going to result in overloading and then injuries, which in the end is going to slow down your progress completely.
So If you are not able to day 3 peak sessions per week, but for example 2 times or 1 time instead. Then rotate between the 3 different sessions
Could for example look like this, if it’s 2 sessions per week. On week 1 you will complete session 1 and session 2. Then on week 2 you will complete session 3, then session 1 again. Week 3 then its session 2 and session 3. And then continue this way.
Number 1 rule – No intense sessions the day before a game or the day after a game. These are the days we work the 2 very low intensity, active recovery and injury prevention sessions.
Number 2 rule – Not more than 2 high intensity days in a row. 3 days in a row of high intensity training will probably hurt you more, than it’s benefitting.
Number 3 rule – Try to perform these high intensity sessions, before team training or on days with no team training, if in-season.