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Strength, Power, Reactivity, & Speed Discussion / Re: The reactive effect
« on: April 03, 2011, 04:38:25 pm »
Kind of agree here... so let's apply this knowledge:
Doing plyos will allow you to jump higher from a standstill only because you'll be able to amorzize the force from just *dropping faster* then (because dropping faster will load the muscles more).
Therefore, if we were to utilize a paused jump in which we are externally loaded to the moment right up until our feet leave the ground, and then release that external load, we would jump just as high as we did if that same load was achieved through a plyometric loading instead of an external type loading (but that might be impossible to simulate because the load achieved with a plyometric movement, isn't static; it's dynamic).
And I never really understood the argument that a plyometric movement produces more force only because you're putting your limbs in a better position.. you can easily test that, wtf, it's such a stupid claim.
Doing plyos will allow you to jump higher from a standstill only because you'll be able to amorzize the force from just *dropping faster* then (because dropping faster will load the muscles more).
Therefore, if we were to utilize a paused jump in which we are externally loaded to the moment right up until our feet leave the ground, and then release that external load, we would jump just as high as we did if that same load was achieved through a plyometric loading instead of an external type loading (but that might be impossible to simulate because the load achieved with a plyometric movement, isn't static; it's dynamic).
And I never really understood the argument that a plyometric movement produces more force only because you're putting your limbs in a better position.. you can easily test that, wtf, it's such a stupid claim.