#training periodization

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“Training is about working the edges of the system,”

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A key tenant of periodization is targeting only a few aspects of your form at a time. The concern is that you may lose what you gained in one area as you focus on the next. Fortunately, once an aspect of your form (and the corresponding energy system) has been developed, it takes significantly less work to maintain it. Regular repetition of short blocks ensures you never go too long without doing focused work in any one area. These two facts allow for very specialized training of a few targets during each phase without having to worry about losing form.