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Achilles Load Restoration™ – Phase 3:
Pre-Elastic Readiness

Unilateral Strength & Load Consolidation Phase

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This is the final phase in the Achilles Load Restoration™ system — your bridge from strength-focused rehabilitation to the Achilles Elastic Capacity™ program.

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If you’ve completed Phase 2 and now demonstrate stable, pain-free unilateral strength, Phase 3 prepares you for faster, more elastic demand. This is not yet plyometric loading — but the intensity, direction, and control required here are substantial. Expect to load 1.5× your body weight, manage longer levers, and work through deeper positions with absolute integrity.

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Phase 3 builds positional strength, angle-specific control, and neuromuscular precision. You’ll consolidate concentric–eccentric strength across straight and bent-knee variations while continuing long-duration isometrics. Light-speed exposures may be introduced — but only under strict control.

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You’ll train 3× per week with 72-hour spacing between Achilles loads. Supplementary off-day circuits are included to maintain ankle rhythm, foot control, and trunk robustness.

Entry Requirements (Do Not Skip)

  • To enter Phase 3, you must demonstrate:

  • 30-second single-leg isometric heel raise @ 1.2× BW

  • Pain-free single-leg calf raises (both knees straight and bent)

  • No symptom escalation with longer range loading

  • Confidence under unilateral depth and load

  • If you haven’t reached this — go back to Phase 2.

Exit Criteria

You’ll complete Phase 3 once you can:

  • Sustain 1.5× BW isometric load on one leg for 30 seconds

  • Demonstrate 6–8 slow single-leg reps with added weight (≈0.5× BW)

  • Tolerate low-end plyometric impacts (mini hops, lateral skips)

  • Meet elastic-readiness markers (position, speed, control)
     

These are your launchpad metrics for entering the Achilles Elastic Capacity™ program.

Continue the System

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This program is not standalone.
It completes the 12-week Load Restoration system and prepares you for dynamic rebounding, agility, and return to running.

How This Program Fits With Achilles Elastic Capacity™

Achilles Load Restoration™ is part of a progressive system, not a standalone fix.

 

Typical pathway:

  • Acute off-loading / early rehab

  • Achilles Load Restoration™ ← you are here (in phase 3 of 3)

  • Achilles Elastic Capacity™

  • Return-to-running or return-to-sport programming

 

Skipping steps increases reinjury risk.
This program exists to prevent that.

This program is for educational and training purposes and does not replace individual medical diagnosis or treatment.

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