The Perfect Tri-Set

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This post may be one of the shortest, yet most informative posts I’ve ever written! Today I’m going to reveal one of my “go-to”, battle-tested strategies for designing the perfect Tri-set. . I often get asked by Fitness Professionals who attend my workshops, “what do you for a ________ athlete/client?”. My answer is always “I can’t tell you because everyone is different”. That said, although the exercises I choose will be different from person to person – my general program design methods remain roughly the same. Today, I’m giving you one of those methods! . Anyone can immediately apply this Tri-set strategy to improve the desnity, productivity and effectiveness of each and every workout! All you have to do is plug and play! .

The Perfect Tri-Set

. As the name implies, this Performance U Tri-Set structure is a combination of three types of exercises each performed in the following order: . 1. Strength Exercise 2. Core Exercise 3. Mobility Exercise REPEAT! . Well, there you have it! This Tri-set combination is one of the most used exercise combination strategies I use with all my athletes and clients here at Performance U. Put it to work for you to get better results and add more value to all of your workouts! .
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    Coach Nick Tumminello has built a reputation as the ‘Trainer of trainers” through his workshops at conferences and fitness club around the world. And, for his consulting work with pro/college sports teams and with exercise equipment/ clothing manufactures.
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4 Responses to The Perfect Tri-Set

  1. Jose S. says:
    May 10, 2010 at 8:17 am

    Hi Nick,

    Thank you for the tip. Today’s clients’ busy schedules demand time-saving training sessions but efficient at the same time. This is one of the most effective methods to achieve that. Personally, I just have 30 minutes to train my clients so I try to apply all of these methods and principles the best I can. Looking forward for the next post.

  2. Clement says:
    May 10, 2010 at 8:38 am

    Mobility exercise – does pushups count? And what are mobility exercises in general?

  3. gene says:
    May 11, 2010 at 1:51 am

    Hi Coach, thanks for all your thoughtful and useful exercises, routines, training methods and philosophy.
    I’m sure, I do like the idea of the tri-set. Which kind of workout would you use it in and where would you place it in that workout. Thanks for all your help.

  4. Carson Boddicker says:
    May 11, 2010 at 7:25 pm

    How do you go about picking the right exercises to fit under 2 and 3? Do they complement 1? Are they screening based corrections that are individual specific? What’s your procedure and or thought process?

    Regards,
    Carson Boddicker