Seiler, from the University of Agder and the Norwegian Olympic Federation, is best known for his work on polarised training, the idea that top endurance athletes tend to spend about 80 per cent of ...

Periodization training isn’t the only way to train efficiently, especially if you’re into strength training and want to build big arms. However, it’s one of the best ways to ensure that you can ...

The first wave of Liverpool’s senior players will arrive at the training ground on Friday as their 2024-25 pre-season — and the club’s new era — begins in earnest. For the past eight years, squad ...

It's a technique that was developed by Russian scientists in the 1940s, but those straight-from-a-Bond-film origins are no reason to be afraid of periodisation. At its most basic, periodisation just ...

If the Rabbitohs are beaten by their arch enemies at Allianz Stadium, Adam Reynolds is unlikely to be cartwheeling up the tunnel while shouting, “Doesn’t matter! We had nothing to lose anyway!” The ...

Jose Mourinho revolutionised training in England thanks to the ideas of Vitor Frade and that legacy lives on this pre-season. With the help of one of Frade’s famous students in Carlos Carvalhal, Adam ...

Jose Mourinho and Andre Villas-Boas do it — as do Nuno Espirito Santo, Paulo Fonseca and Brendan Rodgers. Complicated in its entirety, Alex Stewart sets out to simplify it. Alex Stewart writes, Craig ...

Club versus country rows are brewing after the European Club Association recommended invoking the Fifa calendar criteria and not releasing players until July 10 Republic of Ireland manager Vera Pauw, ...

England's ability to win matches in the final 10 minutes stems from Eddie Jones' adaptation of football's tactical periodisation, a practice used by the likes of Jose Mourinho and Andre Villas-Boas.