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Lesson 3:
Optimizing Weight Room Workouts
This lesson focuses on the integration of strength training, speed workouts, and event-specific technique to help jumpers reach peak performance. The speaker outlines a 14-week progression for weight room training, emphasizing the importance of maximizing lifts with safe methods such as three-rep maxes, and discusses the use of percentage charts to guide the intensity of workouts. The lesson also covers how to structure weightlifting sessions with progressive overload and emphasizes the key lifts essential for jumpers, such as squats, cleans, and bench presses.
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The course "Getting Your Jumpers to Peak at the Right Time" by Coach Brad Hackett is a crucial resource for coaches and athletes aiming to optimize performance in the jumping events of track and field. Coach Hackett dives deep into the science and strategies of ensuring that jumpers peak at the most important moments of the competition, especially during championship events. He highlights the s...
