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Conjugate Method
Style of training Athletes
Joey Olsen
12/13/2010
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your work out will be like. Many beginning lifters and speed
avoid injuries.
loads usually within the 1-5 rep range. Meaning that when
5 times and no less than 1 with 3 being the best scenario for
more motor units, which are, a single a-motor neuron and all of
the load explosively your body has to recruit these motor units
the method is on the muscle and how much weight can be moved
the end of the set. It also gets your body used to feeling
that max effort work can help increase inter and intra muscular
ME workout rep scheme for an athlete whose one rep max (1RM) is
these movements.
strength gains it does have some down sides. One being that
lifting a weight at or above 90% of your one rep max for more
effort training.
with sub maximal weight using maximal speed. This method helps
the athlete can execute perfect form and work on the basics of
with the max effort method. The reason for this is because an
simply will not have enough gas in the tank to do another day of
scheme for an athlete whose one rep max on bench press is 405
the session was bench press. Although there are many other
movements that are used along with DE training days this is the
(GPP) or the Repeated Effort Method. The best way to explain GPP
follows:
3. 20 burpees
4. 20 pushups
break. The only break the athlete should get comes after all
until the athlete feels like they have been pushed to a point
participate in.
executed using only light weight it should ensure that they are
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