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Welcome _______________

Dear visitor,

in the last years I often felt the need to be in touch with coaches, athletes and researchers who use internet to get and exchange information about the training methodology.

In consideration of the difficulty for a good and accurate translation of my works from Russian to English, I didn’t start this project. Now, also if the same difficulties still persist, I decide to build this site where you can find some information about my past and present work which content will be added progressively.

The aim is to build a place where you can get the original interpretation about all aspects of my works and, if you wish, be in contact with me.

You may get a free registration as member of the site and leave your suggestions or questions in the Forum.

With the help of my daughter Natalia (PhD), who is also my scientific assistant, I will try to give you an answer.

Yuri Verkhoshansky

Main Themes

Three factors are characterizing the current status of methodology of training system:

the probability to discover new, original and very effective training means is very low now. There are many effective means already discovered. The best way to improve the results comes from the method and system that uses them;
the volume of training loads achieved the limit of reasonableness. Today the professional athletes are training about 8 hours per day, 2-4 times during the day, near to 1,700 hours per year. It’s quite impossible imagine any further increase of load volume. We should look for models that assure a most rational use of the training loads over the year cycle;
today there is the tendency to increase the intensity of the training work to increase the effectiveness of the training process, especially for the top class athlete. This is an expedient that needs to be used very carefully according to the qualification of athletes, the level of their preparedness and the calendar of competitions.

We suggest you a way that can give a solution to these problems.

Special Strength Training

Special Physical Preparation (SPP)

Programming of Training

·   Typologies of strength capacity and means and method of training

·   The principle of Dynamic Correspondence between the strength exercises and the competition main exercises

·   The Shock Method for improving the explosive strength and the muscles reactive capacity (the so called Plyometric Training)

·   The System of training means: how to integrate the means between them to improve the explosive capacity (conjugated method and contiguous method)

·   The concept of exercise’s Training Potential and the Conjugate-Sequence System

·      The methodological principals

·      Means and methods

·      Organization of Special Physical Preparation

·      Special Physical Preparation in the sprint, endurance and game sport

·      Supermethods of the Special Physical Preparation

·      Programming of training: an advanced process of training design and planning

·      The differences between the concept of Programming and the concept of Periodization

·      The Conjugate Sequence method of training loads organization

·      Block System: the basic model to build the year cycle program for high level athletes

·      Year cycle training: models for different sports

Announcements _________

February 2008

New data in the page “Your results”

Mr. Mark Bennett, Conditioning Coach for the Welsh Rugby Union National Squad, sent us data concerning a Seven-Week Special Strength Training Program on Welsh Rugby Players.

These data, in some way, explain how Welsh Rugby Union National Squad has achieved its excellent sport result in the current Six Nations.

We cannot avoid to make in evidence that Wales beat England, the current world champion, with a determinant second half in which their excellent physical condition made the difference.

These results have to be ascribed mainly to the excellent work made by Mark Bennett to whom I aim my vivid congratulations.

Published the number 4 of SSTM Journal

In the number 4 of SSTM Journal has been published the article:

“Resistance exercises as a specialiazed means for physical preparation of athletes”.

This article, published in Russia in 1986, marked a turning point in the Soviet sport training methodology.

A thank to Vadim Vilensky for his translation from Russian text. Vadim Vilensky is an Exercise Physiologist who has over 15 years of experience in exercise training in the former Soviet Union and the United States where he owes the “Vadim Fitness Studio” (www.vadimstudio.com).

It’s the second time that we benefit from the knowledge and the excellent review work of James Smith. He is, at the moment, Assistant Coach of Physical Preparation (Football) at the University of Pittsburgh. He is involved in many activities in the sport training and the author of many manuals (www.powerdevelopmentinc.com).