More Thoughts on Cybernetic Periodization

on August 11, 2009   |   by

Something I constantly find myself thinking about is the concept of cybernetic periodization (CP). Siff discussed this in his book Supertraining, and the concept makes perfect sense – you don’t feel the same every single day, so why would you go in with a set plan for any given training day? The problem is, I […]

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Training Preparedness

on June 16, 2009   |   by

In the past, when I’m really dialed in with my training, I often record two numbers every workout – my rating of perceived exertion (RPE) and my rating of technique (RT). RPE gives me a general idea of how hard I was training that day.  For instance, we all know we’ve had days in the […]

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