Gardner-Webb University Athletics

Purpose:
To love, serve and challenge student-athletes as we prepare them to live and compete at their personal best.
 
 

• Overload – system must be stressed at appropriate levels beyond its present capacity
• Progression – steady and systematic increase in work volume and intensity over time
• Balanced Development – holistic approach to total body development both muscularly and metabolically
• Technique – each repetition performed properly to obtain desired stimulation and adaptation
• Variation – differing modalities and stimuli over time to control for monotony and plateaus
• Supervision/Coaching – creating structure, safety and energy in each training session
• Consistency – an untrained system reverses back to previous muscular and metabolic levels
• Specificity – training in a manner which transfers to demands of specific sport
• Periodization – long term planning of training cycles and seasons
• Evaluation – testing and monitoring to quantify rate of improvement for specific desired adaptations