If your not lifting, do not expect significant improvements in running speed or jump height
A lot of training places do not test speed or jump height on a monthly basis because they do not want to be exposed.
The key to sports speed is relative strength with optimal rate of
In sports force is king. The more strength you have the greater force you can produce. The problem is most performance coaches don’t know how to increase strength so they end up doing some type of physical conditioning to make the athletes look like they did something good.
10 year old Alex jumps a 7’2” broad jump.
In the 2012 Cross Fit Games, Talayna Fortunato won the Women's Broad Jump Event with a distance of 7’9” (2.43m). The standing long jump test, also called the Broad Jump, is a common and easy to administer test of explosive leg power.
Journal of Strength Conditioning Research. 2009. You can also find this on PubMed. I talk about this all the time on my podcast. I also talk about squatting weight at certain velocities relative to body weight and how it relates to sprint performance. I also test the 40 yard
Most people want to do specific training without a base. No wonder they fail. Training should be general, directed, then specific. Most people don’t really know what strong is so they skip general and directed and sell sports specific training. It’s like trying to put a
10 year old jumps a 7’2” broad jump.
In the 2012 Cross Fit Games, Talayna Fortunato won the Women's Broad Jump Event with a distance of 7’9” (2.43m).
The standing long jump test, also called the Broad Jump, is a common and easy to administer test of explosive leg power.
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