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Are We Always Concurrent in Performance Training?

I really struggle with the concepts of periodization. Linear? Undulating? Concurrent? Conjugate?
Much of the periodization confusion comes from the fascination of many in our industry with the Westside Barbell philosophy. Westside advocates conjugate periodization, a term many, including me, don't seem to truly understand. The one large differentiating factor for me is that training athletes is not like training powerlifters. This is the basic problem. Powerlifters are athletes but, athletes are not powerlifters. Trying to integrate the concepts used in training by elite powerlifters into the training of athletes is difficult. . . . (to read the remainder of this article, please log in below.)
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