Hey i have’nt started training yet for next season. But when i do start to train, i will get my on free weights, and barbell, olympic weight set. And put the stuff in my garage, well i have to tell my dad not to put the car in there.
Well i am going to do jumps sqauts, and Pause sqauts. I wnat to know weather Pause sqaust are good for building Power. And do any of you guys, do pause sqauts.
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I feel sorry for 10seconds, am gonna hit it hard.
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Pause squats target concentric RFD, i.e. how fast you can get from stationary to speed under load. (Even with heavy weights and slow speeds you are required to move from a stationary position to overcome the weight and initial acceleration rate will be high.)
How much is such a strength type required in sprinting?
The sprinting action (apart from the start) is eccentric-isometric-concentric and relys on the ssc so i think targeting above strength enhancements would be individual to the athletes requirements/weakness. A simple test would be to something like: Compare a pause vertical jump to depth jumps off of various height boxes. A significantly higher depth jump would indicate a good ssc spring and you would benefit from pause squats. No significant difference in jumps would suggest that improvement would be greater from conventional lifts.