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Old 07-30-2008, 11:35 AM   #47 (permalink)
tirofijo

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Originally Posted by stewy37 View Post



It's called complex training. Basically a max-effort movement followed immediately by an explosive one. Both movements should be simliar. A good example would be heavy squats followed by jumping squats or bench press followed by plyometric pushups.

You can't compare it to a conditioning routine, because that's not what it's for. It's to develope max strength and explosiveness. Rest between sets is usually 2-5min or so.
Thanks for the info. I think Ross has written about it and there's a 10 year old book on Amazon. Do you know of any other good articles on the interweb about it?
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