This blog is going to cover two concepts that came up in a recent study. The first is complex training, nowadays called postactivation potentiation. The second is the use of chains, nowadays...
The concept of post activation potentiation has been around for a long time. When I was starting out it was known as complex training. The idea being that if you perform a...
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...
The February issue of the Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research has an interesting study looking at postactivation potentiation (PAP) and the bench press. The authors studied 11 individuals who were healthy...