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Strength, Power, Reactivity, & Speed Discussion / Re: Importance of Low Body Fat Percentage When Jumping
« on: April 03, 2012, 05:23:55 pm »
When I weigh 300 lbs with 25% bodyfat and powersnatch 900 lbs, where do you think that puts my SVJ? Right, probably a lot higher than Harvey's.
VJ height is multi-causally influenced by different things. Explosive strength (ES) and bodyweight (BW) are two important determinants but in isolation they won't be great predictors. Maybe the ratio ES/BW is the most pragmatic number to optimize during VJ training. What that means is that you can either increase ES or decrease BW. Often one will have to increase both just making sure that ES/BW gets higher. And that is all there is to it. There is nothing special about a low BF percentage except that young men, strangely enough, crave to look like the protagonists of Twilight which results in their irrational fear of putting on useful body mass.
VJ height is multi-causally influenced by different things. Explosive strength (ES) and bodyweight (BW) are two important determinants but in isolation they won't be great predictors. Maybe the ratio ES/BW is the most pragmatic number to optimize during VJ training. What that means is that you can either increase ES or decrease BW. Often one will have to increase both just making sure that ES/BW gets higher. And that is all there is to it. There is nothing special about a low BF percentage except that young men, strangely enough, crave to look like the protagonists of Twilight which results in their irrational fear of putting on useful body mass.