Power Development for the Athlete

Now that we are rolling out of the “Off-Season” phase and focus of training, the qualities that we are trying to develop as athletes will change as well.

The main goal starting in the month of January for the Spring athlete is this: POWER PRODUCTION!

During the process, it’s still vital that our athletes chase strength gains as well. Your power production is based on your foundational relative strength base.

Think of it this way. A heavy load (like a loaded Trap Bar) will take an extended period of time to get lifted off of the ground, while a ton of force production is occurring.

When we focus on power production, we want to take that same amount of force we produced with the heavy load, but in a SHORT amount of time.

We have spent months on getting you to move better, cementing new movement patterns, getting you stronger within those movement patterns, and increasing your work capacity. Now, it is go time.

If you want to become elite, you must understand the importance of force production, and rate of force production.

To further understand the purpose of this article, let’s look at the Force-Velocity Curve and Absolute Strength-Absolute Speed Continuum

Force-Velocity Curve and Absolute Strength-Absolute Speed Continuum