08/23/2026
Athletes end up with too much of the same stressors and not enough of others. Practices, games, extra skill work, extra conditioning - it all lives in a similar threshold, 50-80% submaximal efforts repeated thousands of times per week. The “conditioning” and “skill work” bucket are overflowing.
Higher intensity efforts are rare in sports. So the qualities they create, e.g, strength and speed start to diminish in as little as 7-14 days of being untrained. The “strength” and “speed” buckets are drying up.
The elephant in the room - sports so rarely require max strength and speed outputs, but the moments they do often precede major events like scoring goals, stopping breakaways, and unfortunately injuries.
The takeaway - find a time to fill your strength and speed buckets! Even one session a week goes a long way in keeping performance high and reduces the likelihood of injuries. If you’re being pulled in too many directions with your time reflect, which of those buckets have been filled this week, which have been neglected? Will that one extra skill session or strength session matter more?
Start a membership (including in-season training) anytime. Free session always available for first timers. Link in bio
