Martin Bingisser

GAINcast Episode 256: Live Q&A

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On Vern’s recent visit to Switzerland we did a live Q&A, answering questions and exchanging ideas on a variety of topics including: measuring strength, building connections, enhancing training transfer, best practices for combining different training methods, rethinking overload, strength training for endurance athletes, and more.

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Notes and quotes

  • 0:00 – Introduction.
  • 2:00 – Shifting the focus from strength to athleticism: “They say what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas. Often what happens in the weight room stays in the weight room? How much actually transfers to the field of play.”
  • 8:30 – Connections and thinking of training movements not muscles.
  • 11:45 – Measurable strength: “We tend to measure strength as force production, when the limiting factor in many performances is force reduction. Where do the greatest forces come when spiking a volleyball? When you land. But force production and reduction need to be thought of together. You have to accelerate to decelerate.”
  • 14:00 – How to transfer: “If I have a choice I’m going to look for a multi-joint exercise over a single joint exercise to accelerate the transfer.”
  • 17:00 – Yearly planning for transfer.
  • 18:30 – Combining different training methods and French contrast training.
  • 21:00 – Training women.
  • 23:15 – Lessons from the last few decades and making practice better.
  • 27:00 – Rethinking overload, residual training, and planning: “It’s about challenging the athlete, not making it heavier.”
  • 33:30 – Separate mythology and ritual from what actually happens.
  • 36:00 – How to fit strength into an endurance program.
  • 44:00 – Will it make you better?
  • 47:15 – Changing the training culture in volleyball.

To hear more about these topics you can listen to the full episode above. If you like what you hear on the GAINcast, don’t forget to give us a review and subscribe on iTunes.

Further reading

The following links were referenced in the podcast or provide some additional reading material on the topic: