Subject: Help me understand Periodization I thought I understood what periodization was, until I read a recent article. I've asked a few others and no one can explain the difference between volume vs. frequency, to me. Here's the excerpt from the article:
"Periodization involves many variables including frequency (how ‘often’ you train ), duration (how ‘long’ you train for one session ), volume (how ‘much’ you train in a given week or cycle ) and intensity (how ‘hard’ you train at any given time ). From these variables a recipe is created that will hopefully help you reach your peak for the key race (s ) you are targeting. There are four to five phases in a given annual training plan, with the variables changing within each phase.
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