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Weight Training

If you want to use periodization in your strength training, you need to know what your maximum weight for one repetition (1RM) is.  You also need to know various percentages of that weight.  Here is a simple spreadsheet that will calculate 30-95% of your 1RM for you.  You just need to enter your 1RM for each of the lifts you do.  There are several lifts included but any or all of them can be changed to suit your needs.

MS Excel format

 

 

Need a chart to track your strength training workouts?  Here's one designed exclusively for periodization training. 

MS Excel format

 

 

Judo players, do the backs of your shoulders ever get really sore?  If so, you probably should be strengthening your rotator cuffs.  Here is an excellent article by Charles Poliquin on working the rotator cuffs.

Rotator Cuff Workout

 

 

New to weight training?  Need some basic advice on how to get started, diet recommendations, lifting technique?  alt.sport.weightlifting is a good place to start.   Another place for good weight training information is the Weightlifting Discussion page at http://www.weightliftingdiscussion.com/index.html

ASW Newsgroup

Balance Training

The Oscillating Beam (O-Beam) is an extremely valuable tool for developing great balance and proprioception.  Don't know what an O-Beam is?  Click this link for instructions on how to make one.

Build an O-Beam

 

 

Great, now I've got an O-Beam but I don't know what the heck to do with it!  Click this link for an O-Beam workout routine.

O-Beam Workout

 

 

The Kinesthetic Primer Board (K-Board) is another excellent piece of balance equipment.  Here's how to make one.

Build a K-Board

 

 

Wondering what to do with a K-Board?  Follow this link.

K-Board Workout

 

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