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Sport-Specific Gym Routines


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For those of you familiar with periodization, it's general practise to perform sport-specific gym routines & exercises in both the preparation and competitive phases of your meso training cycle. Below are a list of sample gym routines and relevant exercises that I (GP) have prepared for varying transitions in the past. As mentioned on many other pages, you should allow for sensible transitions between gym routines. Likewise, during these phases other supplementary training (such as cardiovascular & plyometrics) should follow similar transitions, therefore complimenting eachother - with the goal of improving performance during competition (not the gym!).

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Sport-Specific Sample Gym Routines:

American Football - Power Training Workout
Baseball - Strength Workout
Basketball - Circuit Training Workout (Time-Based)
Boxing - Endurance Workout
Ice Hockey - Fitness Workout
Rugby - Endurance Workout
Soccer - Strength Training Workout
Speed Skating - Endurance Workout
Tennis - Endurance Workout

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