1. Both are helpful. One way to think about it is strength training for total area under the curve, and plyos to shape the curve itself. Strength/capacity vs. power/acceleration.
2. Anytime. In the off-season, I do more varied plyos for athleticism. In the pre-season and in-season, we focus more on plyos to improve rate of force production specifically.
Interesting article. Two questions:
1. Is plyometrics the good to improve impulse force or is it better to focus on weight training (in different part of the force/velocity curve)?
2. When in the periodization scheme is plyometrics most effective? After max-strength period or can it be used any time?
Hi Ivan,
1. Both are helpful. One way to think about it is strength training for total area under the curve, and plyos to shape the curve itself. Strength/capacity vs. power/acceleration.
2. Anytime. In the off-season, I do more varied plyos for athleticism. In the pre-season and in-season, we focus more on plyos to improve rate of force production specifically.
These are great variations for training sessions. Would be great to do some hop jumps on a long haul flight to keep the circulation going!
Ha, for sure!