Seven Day Training Cycles

The traditional seven training microcycle pattern leads to a classic density trap. That is too much work is forced into a short period of time. There is really no good rationale for a seven day cyle save for the fact that you work six and rest on the seventh day. In seven days there really is not enough time to have a period preparation, a period of adaptation and period of application. It is much more effective to consider a fourteen day cycle and even twentyone day cycles. This allows distributuion of the work as well as adequate time for regeneration. It allows for better focused and directed training.