My original inspiration for this system was a Swiss track and field coach named Jean-Pierre Egger who trained uberfreak shot putter Werner Gunthor. In fact, I will confess to having never read Triphasic Training. This was a full 9 years before Triphasic Training was published.įurthermore my book “ Theory and Application of Modern Strength and Power Methods” describes this approach in-depth, which was again published 7 years before “Triphasic Training”. Now, before you accuse me of copying “ Triphasic Training” by Cal Dietz please understand that I first wrote about this approach in 2003 in an article called Super Beast. Normally in every training phase, in a periodized scheme. In fact, when training athletes, my system uses a combination of isometric, eccentric, concentric and plyometric methods. Through the years, the importance and place of isometrics in my approach has fluctuated, but they were always present. Iso meaning “same” and metric meaning “length” so quite literally it refer to exercises in which the muscle(s) stay the same length while producing force.Īs long as I can remember I’ve used isometric exercises in my own training as well as with the athletes I work with. Isometric exercises refer to contracting a muscle to produce force, without any significant movement happening.
