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EXTREME EXERCISE FOR MENTAL TOUGHNESS
AND SELECTION: EFFECTIVE TRAINING OR
ERRANT BULLYING? (PART II)
FIGURE 1. 40-WEEK MACROCYCLE SAMPLE
WEEK
PERFORMANCE MACROCYCLES
MT SKILLS MACROCYCLES
1–2
General prep, testing
Goal setting
3–5
Hypertrophy, metabolic
Arousal control, psychologist education
6–8
Max strength
Self-talk
9
Regeneration
Concentration
10 – 12
Strength, work capacity
Performance imagery
13 – 15
Max strength, testing
Goal setting, arousal control
16 – 18
Power, testing
Arousal control, self-talk
19
Regeneration
Self-talk, concentration
20 – 22
Strength, power
Concentration, performance imagery
23 – 25
General prep, metabolic
Performance imagery, goal setting
26 – 28
Max strength, metabolic
Culmination
29 – 31
Strength, metabolic
Culmination
32
Leave
33 – 35
Metabolic
Culmination
36
Regeneration
Culmination
37 – 39
Metabolic, testing
Culmination
40
Regeneration
Culmination
COLOR
TRAINING
Selection Training
Pre-Selection Training
FIGURE 2: ACCELERATION EXERCISE MENU EXAMPLE
ACCELERATION
ABSOLUTE SPEED
MULTI-DIRECTIONAL TECHNIQUE
EXERCISE
TEMPORARY DUTY
EXERCISE
TEMPORARY DUTY
EXERCISE
Wall drill: hold
x
Wall drill: hold
x
Base hold (with and
without Crisis Action
Team (CAT))
Wall drill: single
exchange
x
Wall drill: single
exchange
x
Shuffle
Wall drill: triple
exchange
x
Wall drill: triple
exchange
Shuffle to base
Wall drill: running
x
Wall drill: continuous
2 shuffle to base
Seated arm action
x
Wall drill: load lift
Continuous shuffle
Get-up sprint
x
Pillar skip
CAT shuffle to base
Get-up to deceleration
x
Pillar march
CAT 2 shuffle to base
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TEMPORARY DUTY
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