The aim of this 8 week training cycle is simply to improve overall strength and conditioning. Of course we'll be doing this in a manner that is in keeping with The Body School perspective on human movement but it will be a chance to develop general strength, build muscle and improve aerobic condi...

With the aim of being able to add more dynamic, speed and power based work by the of the 8 weeks, we will continue with our foundational theme for a second week in preparation. Expect it to be heavy on the skill and connection based elements with lots of isometrics. This week we'll be exploring t...

Building on the fundamentals and skill development of the past two weeks we'll progress things into the frontal plane in this class. That means looking to develop those muscles that provide stability as we move forward and also help us move side to side. We'll continue the progress with a more dy...

Week 4 see's us returning to our hinge and pulling patterns whilst thoroughly integrating those frontal plane mechanics we begun working on last week. Again we'll continue with the more dynamic action to ensure we'll building strength through the full range of motion whilst also providing an oppo...

This week we move into the 3rd phase of our GPP and this see's us starting to load the tissues and exercises with more of an eccentric focus. This simply means we slow down the phase where the target tissues are lengthening under load. This is a great way to keep the strength gains progressing as...

In week 6 we continue the eccentric loading phase of our programme. That means slower movements again but this week with a focus on the hip hinge and pulling patterns. Again we're adding some rotational elements in to these movements as well. This will set us nicely for the final two weeks where ...

We're into the final phase and that means we're gonna be getting a bit more dynamic. We'll return to our lunge, squat and push patterns for the final time and explore different ways to now transition the strength we're built into more explosive and powerful movements.

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- A Mat.
- A Har...

The final week of GPP culminates in the final pieces of our speed and power phase. That means transitioning our force absorbition work into a plyometric action. We'll also continue our exploring the outcomes of our overcoming and yeilding work through hops, jumps and bounds. As it's the second we...