Most of you have been away from formal training for 4-6 weeks. Staying active but in an unstructured way is best during that time.
Now is time to begin a summer training block. Each cycle consists of a weekly workout, to be repeated three times, making each summer cycle last three weeks. The training week has 6 days of training.
After each 3-week training block, you take a week off. These weeks are not total rest weeks, but consist of informal training (playing tennis, basketball, frisbee, etc).
One key component to my summer training is having you "own" the training. Contact me via Facebook or email when you are ready for each 3-week block of training.
Workouts will be basic and simple. Nothing involving advanced technical components. Each cycle will have the following components: a day of acceleration, plyos and/or lifts; a day of general strength, medball and/or bodyweight exercises; a day of speed, plyos and/or lifts; a day of tempo running; a day of cross training (minutes of another sport, such as tennis); a day of shin-conditioning exercises (essentially a day off but with some attention to shin splint prevention).
Because these workouts are of a general nature, they apply to jumpers as well as hurdlers. If you are playing volleyball, basketball, soccer or other summer sports, let me know, so I can factor that into your training plan.
You would have 3 training blocks in the summer. We likely would continue a similar arrangement when you return to school to get a block in September and another in October before team practice begins in November.
