What is Power Training?

The equation for Power equals Work divided by Time. Work is the product of Force multiplied by Distance. The objective of power training is to increase the power.

For example, when completing the concentric phase of the dead snatch takes 0.5 seconds on the first go and 0.8 seconds on the second go then the first go was more powerful. More power was created in the first go. 

If two attempts at the dead snatch would both result in 0.5 seconds but in the first attempt the kettlebell was at knee level 0.2 seconds in, and under knee level at 0.2 seconds during the second attempt, then the first one was more explosive. I included this example to show that explosiveness is not the same as power.

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