There has been a lot of contradictory research on post-activation potentiation (PAP) over the last five to ten years. Briefly, this is performing a heavy, slow strength training exercise prior to performing...
In our last four posts ((http://www.cissik.com/blog/2017/01/power-development-part-i-foundations/ , http://www.cissik.com/blog/2017/02/power-development-part-ii-cautions/ , and http://www.cissik.com/blog/?p=1723&preview=true , http://www.cissik.com/blog/2017/03/power-development-part-iv-tools-and-strategies/ ) we covered background information behind training for power, cautions with it, principles behind program design, and some of...
The concept of post-activation potentiation (PAP) has been around for a while and has had different labels over the decades. Briefly the idea is to combine a heavy movement with an explosive...
In strength and conditioning, a complex is a combination of a slow, heavy strength exercise (like a squat) and a fast, explosive movement (like a vertical jump). In theory, the slow strength...
Larry Judge et al had a study in the March issue of Track and Cross Country Journal looking at post-activation potentiation (PAP) and shot put performance. The authors studied high school-aged female...