ABSTRACT
Training variation is increasingly acknowledged as being critical to successful training prescription (Fleck, 1999; Stone et al., 2000; Willoughby, 1993). Periodization offers a framework for planned and systematic variation of training prescription (Brown and Greenwood, 2005; Plisk and Stone, 2003; Rhea et al., 2002; Stone et al., 2000b). Accordingly, it has been established that periodized training is able to elicit improved training responses in comparison to training groups with no variation in training load (Fleck, 1999; Stone et al., 2000b; Willoughby, 1993).
