Needs Analysis, Reducing Injury Risk, and Minimum Effective Dose | Supertraining in a Year (Pages 421–435)

In this episode of Supertraining in a Year, Justin Lima and Yosef Johnson break down pages 421–435 of Supertraining.

The conversation covers needs analysis, athlete testing, reducing injury risk, contact preparation, exercise selection, and the Minimax Principle. They also discuss minimum effective dose, eliminating unnecessary training volume, and why coaches should constantly ask whether an exercise is actually accomplishing its intended purpose.

Plus, Yosef explains how Soviet sport systems evaluated athletes and why many concepts considered “new” in strength and conditioning have been around for decades.

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