PERIODIZATION FOR TACTICAL ATHLETES

Tactical athletes have no off-season.

PPeriodization allows you to program your training

progression for optimal performance when you

need it most. For athletes, the purpose of

periodization is clear - to peak at a specific event.

For example, a runner training for a marathon

would map out a plan geared specifically towards

peaking on race day. However, tactical athletes

face a different challenge - every day could be race face a different challenge - every day could be race

day.

Rather than training to peak at one event and

having an off-season to build a foundation of

strength and endurance, tactical athletes must be

ready at all times throughout careers that last

decades. Periodization is the key to developing a

training program that ensures continual progress

for tactical athletes while minimizing the potential

for overtraining.for overtraining.

The method of periodization follows long-term

training cycles that develop energy systems in a

systematic way. This allows tactical athletes to

build one energy system up while maintaining gains

made and residual training effects from previous

cycles.

If you follow any of the O2X training plans available

on our library pages, you will start to see signs of

periodization built into the programs. A typical

periodized program will begin with developing

aerobic capacity and finding a baseline for max

strength, and then will build in anaerobic capacity

and muscle endurance. Throughout the plan, the

various energy systems are trained and maintained various energy systems are trained and maintained

to ensure that, as a tactical athlete, your are

continually progressing without overtraining and

you can be ready for any call.

By breaking your training into blocks that target

developing your energy systems, strength, and

power in a systematic way, you will have a strong

foundation of fitness designed to help you

maximize your performance.