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Compensatory Acceleration Training
This concept was popularized by Dr. Fred Hatfield. It is one of the simplest methods to quickly drive up strength & power. The premise is simple:
Accommodate for improved leverage on the bat by actively accelerating through the entire movement
This concept was popularized by Dr. Fred Hatfield. It is one of the simplest methods to quickly drive up strength & power. The premise is simple:
Accommodate for improved leverage on the bat by actively accelerating through the entire movement
Strength Curve, Power & Adaptive Overload
Exercises such as the bench press & squat an ascending strength curve. This means that the tension required to complete the lift decreases as the bar gets closer to the lockout position. This is a mechanical advantage due to leverage.
Exercises such as the bench press & squat an ascending strength curve. This means that the tension required to complete the lift decreases as the bar gets closer to the lockout position. This is a mechanical advantage due to leverage.
Power = Force times distance per unit of time (fd/t)
“Power, in athletes’ terms, is the ability to get as many motor units (or muscle cells) as possible enervated to contract in a sudden burst of movement.” - Dr. Fred Hatfield
“Power, in athletes’ terms, is the ability to get as many motor units (or muscle cells) as possible enervated to contract in a sudden burst of movement.” - Dr. Fred Hatfield
Understanding Overload
Overload = Load to excess
Progressive Overload = gradual increase of stress placed upon the body during exercise
Adaptive Overload = designed or intended to assist increase in stress
Overload = Load to excess
Progressive Overload = gradual increase of stress placed upon the body during exercise
Adaptive Overload = designed or intended to assist increase in stress
Application
Many lifters do not take advantage of the strength curve. As leverage advantage increases (gets easier at lockout), the bar decelerates, greatly diminishing overload.
Instead, ACCELERATE the bar through the lockout, increasing efficiency in adaptive overload
Many lifters do not take advantage of the strength curve. As leverage advantage increases (gets easier at lockout), the bar decelerates, greatly diminishing overload.
Instead, ACCELERATE the bar through the lockout, increasing efficiency in adaptive overload
Application Continued
Athletes are strength generalists, not strength specialists. Learning to accelerate through the entire exercise is a novel skill.
Utilizing bands or chains to assist in learning to accelerate is a simple teaching tool.
Athletes are strength generalists, not strength specialists. Learning to accelerate through the entire exercise is a novel skill.
Utilizing bands or chains to assist in learning to accelerate is a simple teaching tool.
The fact you are pushing as hard as you can every inch of the way through a movement, compensatroily accelerating the weight all the while, means that you are exercising POWER. One’s ability to achieve maximal contracture instantaneously is a learned response - Dr. Hatfield
