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CrossFit Periodization
Structured training breakdowns, programming cycles, and periodisation methods for serious athletes.
CrossFit Periodization: What Students Keep Getting Wrong
A coach breaks down the structural errors that keep student athletes stuck
A candid interview with a strength coach on the most common periodization errors student athletes make when structuring their CrossFit training.
Too Much Volume, Too Soon: A CrossFit Periodization Problem
Why adding more workouts often produces less progress in structured CrossFit programs
An interview exploring why student CrossFit athletes consistently misjudge training volume during periodization and how that derails their progress.
Specificity Errors That Stall CrossFit Progress for Students
Why trying to fix every weakness at once is itself a programming error
Coach Bastian Ohr discusses how student athletes misapply periodization principles by training everything at once and developing nothing in particular.
How This Works
Periodisation broken into parts you can actually use
Most CrossFit athletes train hard but plan loosely. These three pillars are what structured programming actually rests on — and where most people skip corners.
Cycle Structure
Macrocycles, mesocycles, microcycles — understanding which layer controls what stops you from stacking too much intensity in the wrong weeks.
Load Management
Volume and intensity don't move together linearly in CrossFit. Knowing when to pull back on one while pushing the other is where real progress lives.
Peaking Protocols
Getting sharp for a competition or test week takes deliberate tapering. The timing and degree of reduction differs across strength, conditioning, and skill work.
About This Resource
Written for athletes who programme their own training
Accesspulsepoint started in 2020 as a place to work through the messy middle of CrossFit programming — where general fitness advice stops being useful and specific periodisation knowledge starts to matter.
The articles here aren't written for coaches running large group classes. They're aimed at individual athletes who track their own numbers, run their own cycles, and want to understand the reasoning behind what they're doing — not just follow a template blindly.
- Practical breakdowns of linear, undulating, and block periodisation in a CrossFit context
- Honest discussion of what works across different training ages and schedules
- No affiliate links, no programme sales — just the writing