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Speed and Agility Training and Strength
This article will examine what part strength plays in your speed and agility training program. Let’s define some terms.
- Absolute strength – is the maximum power you are capable of generating, your one rep maximum is your absolute strength
- Starting Strength – a function of how many muscle fibers you can instantaneously contract
Think of it like this, if you snatch a heavy dumbbell off the ground you will strain your back. But if you were to pick it up slowly this would not occur. Starting strength (in this example), simply measures the maximum weight you are capable of snatching off the ground without injury.
- Relative strength – your strength per pound of body weight
- Reactive Strength or Plyometric Strength – measures your ability to absorb and utilize force when switching from an eccentric contraction to a concentric contraction.
I rather like this approach. When it comes to speed and agility training and, come to think of it, any other athletic endeavour, what separates the professionals from the beginers and amateurs is the fact that the professionals ALWAYS go back to the basics. They never forget the basics and they pay great attention to it. The newbies go: 'oh, I know this stuff, I don't have to do it or anything I need the advanced super secret tehniques". Dumb, but good to laugh at when they don't get any results.
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