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well, everything i read about this said that it is an acute affect and that happens without 5-20 mins of the actual resistance work, so doing it the next day wont help me. That is intersting though, because as a long jumper i would never lift heavy the day before a comp but maybe ill try it. Thanks ...

yeah thanks Tim.. so now a few of you understand it... i am going to do study which will be presented at an NSCA conference by myself and my tutor. can you think of any ideas as to what and how i could test it...? i dont just want to do the usual, have someone lift heavy and then jump and then jump ...

So, i read a bit more...and some studies say it only works for low intensity stuff like endurence runs and some says it works well for high intensity stuff...so i dont know...

im a going to test in on many people this semester.

Well, basically it is an increase in muscle twitch firing capabilities and low intesity tetanic force output after certain conditioning activities. So, some research shows that by performing certain power based activities a certain amount of time prior to an event, the athlete will be at a peak in m...

Hi,

Im doing an indpenedant study for my school on postactivation potentiation.

Does anyone has information about this subject they could share with me?

well, im a long jumper so really only do certain lifts for this kind of thing, but ill add mine to the list anyway. Im 6.1 and weigh 175lbs.

Full squat 1 rep max = 385lbs
half squat 1 rep max = 525lbs
power clean 1 rep = 295lbs
power snatch 1 rep = 195lbs
bench press 1 rep = 250lbs

thanks...so do you think it should be an all year round lift periodized through general prep, Max Strength and then conversion to power like al the other lifts?

I am doing an internship right now at a performance training centre and today i saw some power athletes doing single dumbell high pull snatches (i think thats what their called). along with other one sided power lifts.

can you tell me if this type of training is needed for a long jumper?

ok thanks for all the responses... in response to the contact time messege... on average the contact time for a sprinter is .90 of a second where as a long jump take off (which is heel to toe) is 1.10 second. Would the extra power gained from using heel toe counter the slight time lost on each conta...

I've been thinking about this for a while now and just figured i would ask a few people to see what they think. i've noticed that, if you walk normally (heels to toes) at a steady pace and while keeping the same pace, raise up onto the balls of your feet (like when sprinting) and keep walking, you c...