Keepers and Throwbacks

Keepers and throwbacks, kind of a catchy name, well I have to admit I stole the title from an article written by, Glenn Buechlein, but the topics which I am proposing are different than that which Glenn talked about, and so I wanted to pass my thoughts on to you. I am going to start out with an analogy; imagine you are at a buffet, but the catch is you can only go up one time and take only one plate. Well what can you do? You only have one choice fill the plate up with the most important food and forget the rest until next time. Well the same is true in your training, you can only fit so much into one training workout or cycle. When you add something, there is inevitably something that is going to need to decrease. That is just the way it is, if you don’t you will end up overtrained, injured, or burnt-out, none of which are productive for a successful season.
“But Tanner you keep giving me exercises to do?” That’s right I do and the reason is that I want to offer new variety to your workouts. “If you always do what you have always done, you will get what you have always got.” Different people need different things, player A may need to work on his explosiveness so we will show him a new exercise to do that, while player B may need to work on his endurance and so we will add in some more GPP for him.
If you see an exercise here or anywhere else that you think will help then by all means add it in, but you will need to take something out. Over time you will find out what exercises work the best for you and which ones don’t do a thing, and you will be able to decide the most effective path for your training. Working smart is more important than working hard.
Your body will respond differently to different exercises, and not only that, it will respond differently to the same exercises at different training ages. I will give you an example of this; when I first started training I responded very well to hex bar dead lifts. It seemed that when ever I did these I just got stronger, great right? Well today if I want the same effect I need a new exercise, like good mornings. So as your training age increases what you need to do changes, so get with someone who can help you figure out the best thing for you at this time in your training.