Acceleration; principles, programming and transferring gym work to track with Jason Hettler (Strength & Power Coach at ALTIS)

Jason Hettler is Strength & Power Coach at ALTIS who are based in Pheonix, Arizona but also has responsibilities within the social media and education arms of the business. Jason has recently written extensively on programming for acceleration for both track and team sports athletes so this episode is focused around that quality. Jason is surrounded by world class coaches everyday and clearly he is a doing great things at ALTIS. Enjoy!

In this episode, you will learn -

• Who is Jason Hettler (background, education and current role)
• ALTIS
  • Aims
  • Educating the industry
• Social media
• Periodisation
  • Complex-parallel periodisation
  • Zonal system
• Acceleration
  • Principles
  • Teaching rythem, rise & projection
  • Programming acceleration (team sports)
  • Programming acceleration (sprinters)
• Transferring gym work to the track
  • Challenging stability
• Most influenctial books
  • Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less - Greg McKeown
  • Strength Training and Coordination: An Integrative Approach - Frans Bosch
  • Science & Practice of Strength Training - Vladimir Zatsiorski & William Kraemer

Jason can be found on Twitter @jhettler24

This episode of the Pacey Performance Podcast is sponsored by Vald Performance, the team behind the NordBord and the new Groinbar, a hip and groin strength measuring solution. They can be found at valdperformance.com and you can get more information on the groin bar at groinbar.com and on Twitter @groinbar.

This episode is sponsored by BLK BOX, leaders in performance training equipment & facility design. BLK BOX manufacture and distribute a full range of strength training equipment across Europe from their Headquarters in Belfast, Northern Ireland.

This episode is also sponsored by Forcedecks. If you want to know more about ForceDecks, listen to episode #139 of the Pacey Performance Podcast with co-founder, Dr. Daniel Cohen.

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Enjoy

PP