When done correctly, these lifts can improve an athlete’s peak force, rate of force production, and explosiveness.
Acceleration is one of the most important components for building maximum strength. However, you should not confuse acceleration with explosiveness.
Since applying bands and chains in his training, Johnson has not only remained competitive in the sport of powerlifting, he has also seen the gains that he was aiming to achieve.
At some point Dave will make it to his destination, but until then, he’s got a few more questions to answer.
Last summer I was able to perform some informal research on 10 Division II football athletes examining how to reverse imbalances found in force-velocity profiling using velocity based training with a Tendo Unit and accommodating resistance.
This program moves in a linear progression by alternating rep ranges with normal deload and sarcoplasmic hypertrophy phases to allow for supercompensation to take place.
By gaining muscle, you increase your ceiling for strength. By getting stronger, you increase your ceiling for power.
Do these beloved training movements contribute to soft tissues injuries more than they improve athletic performance? Before you make up your mind, hear me out.
These are a few important components of building a big bench, starting with getting the bar off your chest as quickly and efficiently as possible.
Six REAL factors to getting strong, not the same crap we’ve read over and over… and over again. Seriously, how many times do we have to be told to train hard, be consistent, follow a program and eat right? Those may not even matter anyhow but these do.
With a program based on adapting to your weaknesses and strengths, this article explains how to customize your training for raw lifters.
Drive that bar off your chest like you’re wearing a C4-laced bench shirt.
Open skill agility drills that more closely mimic the unpredictable nature of competition are lacking in most programs.
If you’re a fighter and want to dominate your competition, what do you need?
Plyometrics (jump training) is a great tool for improving an athlete’s speed, power, explosiveness, elasticity, eccentric strength, and other aspects of the neuromuscular system such as rhythm, balance, proprioception, movement coordination, and agility.
Players spend thousands of dollars and hundreds of hours each year preparing for combines at all levels.
Here are the seven steps for building the perfect high school lineman.
The following is an analysis of the strength requirements and the relative importance of maximal strength for different disciplines in track and field.
