Accommodating Resistance: Is it the key to PAP (post-activation potentiation)?
A recent article was published in JSCR which I thought was very interesting and potentially useful for an athletes training regime. The study was conducted on the effects of resistance bands added to the back squat and its ability to “potentiate” a horizontal broad jump The authors did an excellent job defining PAP as ” a previous […]
Vertical Jump Training Log: Update and intro to PUSH
Got a new training tool which will give us much more objective data, a product called PUSH. Check it out: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KMReObyQHS0
More Weight=More Impulse=More Jump Height
We’ve already gone over how relative net vertical impulse is the key component to jump height here: https://www.athletesrehab.com/course/verticaljumptraining/ The more research published on impulse the more I am beginning to feel that lifting heavier is better, at least in regards to olympic lifting and its variations. A second article on olympic lifting has confirmed a previous […]
More evidence for resistance bands
Summary: Band tension applied to the squat and bench press 1 out of 4 workouts resulted in significantly greater rate of power development The addition of bands also resulted in greater treatment effects in the squat, bench press, and vertical jump What the authors did [1]: Split 2 groups of individuals into: 1 day a […]
Vertical Jump Training Log: Day 8 Off Day
Day 8 was an off day with some light stretching
Vertical Jump Training Log: Jumping to New Heights Day 5
Day 5 is an off day, just lifted upper body and lower body flexibility.
Letting your training partner load the bar for more gains
If you train with a trustworthy person, it may be more advantageous to let him/her load the bar for you (so you don’t know the weight). An interesting research study was published in PLOS ONE in which unknown loads were compared to known loads in the bench press throw exercise. Here is what the researchers […]
Build More Eccentric Strength to Jump Higher
A July 2016 study published in JSCR found a strong relationship between eccentric strength (peak and relative force), and more importantly, eccentric strength to body weight ratio and jump height. Eccentric simply means the lowering portion of a lift, for example the lowering portion of a squat. The reason that being stronger on the lowering […]
Combo ATP + HMB-FA with weight training helps you jump higher and gain strength +lean body mass
A new study has come out touting the benefits of HMB-FA (free acid) which appears to be a follow up on the 2014 study, “The effects of 12 weeks of beta-hydroxy-beta-methylbutyrate free acid supplementation on muscle mass, strength, and power in resistance-trained individuals: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study.”[1] This new study was just published in […]
Vertical Jump Training in Sand: When to and usefulness of
Training in sand has been used for decades in an attempt to provide variation and training stimulus to advanced athletes. Sand can be a particularly useful environment for vertical jumpers to train. Firstly, it reduces the stress on the joints by providing a softer landing surface. Secondly, it provides additional training stimulus and breaks up […]
Habitual Stim Junkies Jump Higher (caffeine intake)
A new study released in July in the JSCR reports that caffeine not only helps athletes improve jump height, but it does so by improving rate of force development [1]. What did the authors do? Gathered 25 collegiate athletes with training experience (16 men, 9 women) Used a single-blind cross-over design (meaning one time the […]