Group: General Fitness & Exercise

General Fitness & Exercise
Created: 2011/12/31, Members: 383, Messages: 54581

Various general exercise related discussions. Find out what it takes to reach your fitness goals through daily effective exercise. With so many options we try to find out what works best.

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Periodization?

doc4u18
doc4u18
Posts: 26
Joined: 2004/12/20
Canada
2005/01/26, 04:37 PM
Anyone know what that is?
any links? and if you know what it is, would recommend this type of program?
Well the reason I am asking this is because I just overheard some bodybuilders at the gym talking about this type of program and they were saying how effective it was for them. I wanted to ask but they are kinda intimedating, so I didn't bother....
Thank you
nellyboy
nellyboy
Posts: 209
Joined: 2004/07/09
United States
2005/01/26, 06:10 PM
periodization is simply the science of changing up your program in order to obtain a desired outcome (adaptation).

the father of modern periodization is tudor bompa, but there are many other authors/researchers that are just as noteworthy: Ian King, Mel Siff, Charles Poliquin, Kim Goss, Jerry Telle, etc. anyone who i didn't mention, i probably can't pronounce,let-alone, spell their names.

tudor bompa's periodization for athletes can usually be found at a local barnes and noble and is a great place for someone that is just getting into periodization principles.

any other questions, just ask.