neat plyometric pushup variation...keys contraction of antagonist musculature (back muscles) and relaxation of agonist musculature (pushing muscles) followed by powerful eccentric/concentric contraction. High level athletes are better able to relax the proper muscles at the right times to achieve maximum power output. This is better than a conventional clapping pushup for a few reasons: 1) the impact on the wrists and elbow during the final "catching" phase are minimized because the pushup is caught in proper position at the top 2) the eccentric load on the agonist is greatly increased due to the acceleration created from the initial "dropping" phase, and this results in a more powerful concentric contraction 3) by pausing between reps and keeping sets short, rather than doing continuous reps, power output is maximized with each rep. Breaking up 25 of these into a few sets is much more challenging than banging out 25 or even 50 regular pushups, because so much more power is ! being generated.
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