What does training for professional athletes look like?

The other day the Eagles posted a clip of the team in the weight room prepping for the Super Bowl. What you see in the clip reinforces something that is one of our core beliefs...that most athletes don't require a lot of the flashy movements you see on social media.

What you see is full body training and consistent execution of basic movements patterns like the squat, hinge, horizontal/vertical press, and horizontal/vertical pull.

The system that we use, the Tier System, is essentially a full body template that was developed by former NFL Strength & Conditioning Coach of the year, Joe Kenn. You see this all over college weight rooms as well.

I have found that Tier System is also a great model for military and first responders and is what we use on Warfighter.

Because I do think that movement variation is important, an example of how I program is to rotate variations of these movement patterns every 2-4 weeks. So, every couple weeks you may see our heavy squats rotate between box squats, zerchers, front squats, pause squats, etc....but at the end of the day we are continuing to build strength in the squat. The same is applied for the other basic patterns I listed.

Keep this in mind when choosing a program that's best aligned for your goals. Anybody have questions about Tier System or training in general?

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