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Jon has complete 7 weeks of base conditioning before the start of his second winter training. You can read his programme here for this phase, large numbers of reps in the gym and many km of running has been great preparation. Being over 50 now we have decided to extend the normal range of each phase of 6 weeks to 7 – 8 weeks. This is to give his body a little bit longer to physiologically adapt to the training stimulus. My only concern is the nervous system burn out after week 7, but Jon has a busy season now playing and composing so the 8 weeks will give us the real world flexibility that we need.

The principles of this phase are:

Hypertrophy
Full range of movement
Mechanics and consistency