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Absolute Strength Controls All Strength Gains

Absolute Strength Controls All Strength Gains

Louie Simmons
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Absolute strength controls all strength gains.

Analysis of Hill’s equation shows that speed of movement is dependent on absolute muscular strength: v = Ft/m. This can be found in Fundamentals of Special Strength- Training in Sport (Verkhoshansky, 1986).

Thomas Kurz, in Science of Sports Training, reported many ways to become more explosive, but the simplest is to increase absolute strength.


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