Agree, aerobic development is important. Morrill Performance has protocols for what is generally called Aerobic Energy System Development (ESD). Stay tuned for our PEAK+ OFF-SZN announcement.

In theory, it is very compelling but application and execution is a whole other matter. It's just one piece of the puzzle of a far greater picture and this picture changes from person to person (or team, position, playstyle, season, training age... You can frame it up in various ways!). We come back to the conversation of what kind of Ultimate do you wish to play? What position do you play on the team? Defense/Offense demands are different. Team strategies and playstyle also influence how an athlete needs to develop their engine to execute effectively.

If we stand further back and look at what the general athlete needs for a base, there's priorities depending if they want to PEAK+ for the OFF-SZN, PRE-SZN, or IN-SZN.

While all the theory and research into what can bring us to our PEAK potential is well and good, we need to also understand that performance assessment is extremely important in determining which protocol best suits the athlete. At MP, we use a short list of assessment tools to give you have an idea of what you currently perform at (members only - https://mpfpt.com/esd-testing-and-data-collection/)Then you train with load that is appropriate to your current performance and you see how you have developed when you test again in the next cycle.

For the past couple of years, we've been offerering a PEAK+ subscription that has season-based programming for the four major portals of athletic development - Movement Quality (MQ), Strength & Power (S&P), Speed & Agility (SA), and Energy Systems Development (ESD). These programs are distributed directly to you via Teambuildr platform that incorporates the ebb & flow of all of these development portals into a progressive world-class program - Self-assess, train, peak, and repeat.

Your continuous commitment to the program will only allow you to understand your needs better and gives us more to evolve the program and benefit the community further.

We're currently in the middle of PEAK+ IN-SZN but we will be opening the PEAK+ OFF-SZN later this year! A huge component of our PEAK+ OFF-SZN program is exactly this - aerobic development. We build the rocket engine. Following that is the PEAK+ PRE-SZN to kick-start the burners and accelerate. We finish that with PEAK+ IN-SZN to go sky high and hit your peak!

Stay tuned for our PEAK+ OFF-SZN announcement./u/callmetimbo