As you sit down to embark on next season’s training plans here are a few things to keep in mind as you’re sorting out how P90X2 is going to fit into your year. I’ve written a lot about designing programs, both using Beachbody programs and not, and at this point in your planning P90X2 is no different than anything else because we’re simply looking at the big picture of when to target non sport-specific weaknesses and when to integrate sports training back in.
These two articles, written for P90X, will help you get the gist of what your training structure should look like:
Customizing P90X for Specific Goals: Part I
Endurance Athletes: Get Ripped in the Off-Season
Your first consideration is time. How long until your first event and, more precisely, how long until your important event? All training should be planned around a peak. In any given year we can probably peak twice and your most intense phase of off-season training should at the furthest point from these goals. So, for example, if you want to peak in February and again in October you’re better off scheduling a short cycle of training now and more off-season oriented training beginning in March. If you’re two peaks are late spring and fall—very common for both climbers and endurance athletes—now’s the time to get going.
If you’re of the former scenario, P90X2 can be utilized in a short cycle of training. Here’s an article on how that might work.
Customizing P90X for Skiing: How to Structure a Short Training Cycle
That’s enough reading for today. Tomorrow I’ll be back with my personal goals for 2012 and how I plan to schedule my training phases using P90X2.
pic: my schedule from winter 2010
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