What Is The Point of General Physical Preparation?

Strength and Conditioning coaches here in the states will soon be doing their GPP phase in 4-6 weeks. Is this something that ALL athletes need? If so, do they all need the same amount of time in the GPP phase? For instance can your most refined lifters only do 1 week of GPP? Research would indicate they can. This is something that Nick DiMarco and I advocated when we were at Iowa Football together. Listen to more in this podcast with Keir Wenham-Flatt.___Contact Keir:https://callmekeir.com/Keir Book recommendations:https://callmekeir.com/books___Dec 2023 sign up for our long form education course Fundamentals and get access to our membership site for FREE ($299 value).___Link for more info 👇👇👇👇👇🔗 https://strengthcoachnetwork.com/fundamentals-1___Fundamentals course modules include 20 hours of content on:🤔 Problem Solving🙇‍♂️ Mental Models and Decision Making🏟️ Sport Principles Overview🧠 Stress Physiology💥 Motor Learning🏋️‍♂️ Transfer of Training📆 Planning of Training📊 Testing and Statistics🏃‍♂️ Speed Development⚡️ Agility Development🆙 Jump and Plyometrics💥 Ballistic Power Development💪 Maximal Strength Development🏋️‍♂️ Hypertrophy and Muscular Endurance Training💨 Applied Sport Conditioning🥗 Basic Sport Nutrition💰 Financial Robustness___CONNECT:🎥YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@StrengthCoachNetwork/featured📱Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/strengthcoachnetwork🐦Twitter: https://twitter.com/StrCoachNetwork📷Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/strength_coach_network/🌎Site: https://strengthcoachnetwork.com/🤝Membership: https://strengthcoachnetwork.com/annual-order📝Blog: https://strengthcoachnetwork.com/blog/🏫Education Course: https://strengthcoachnetwork.com/fundamentals-1🛒 Shop Gear: https://my-store-cd9833.creator-spring.com/___From our sponsor TeamBuildr🌎Site:https://www.teambuildr.com/enTeamBuildr is a platform for any coach in any setting. Every day, thousands of coaches log into TeamBuildr to write training programs, build questionnaires and access athlete training in a simple and manageable way. Be sure to check them out in the link above.