From the Biomechanical Analysis to the Development of the Explosive Muscular Force Specific to the Sprinter

Abstract

At present, the importance of developing explosive muscular force in training the high-performance sprinter is beyond discussion. Practical experience has been consolidated from this standpoint for more than a few decades. In exchange, the contents have considerably evolved over the last years. Initially inspired, for the greatest part, by the barbell techniques, there have gradually appeared contents better adapted to the characteristics of the activity and, consequently, more specific.