Improved neuromuscular performance and robustness through high-quality strength training
A new factsheet on «strength training performance reserve» from the Swiss Federal Institute of Sport Magglingen SFISM in collaboration with Swiss Olympic can help you become stronger, more explosive and faster in the long term.
Strength, power and speed - neuromuscular performance derives from the interplay between these three factors. It is a decisive success factor in numerous sports in terms of handling physical demands on the body and injury prevention.
With a view to improving neuromuscular performance and building up general robustness, SFISM strength training expert Jan Seiler has put together a new factsheet, together with Swiss Olympic, entitled «Power to win - strength training performance reserve».
Improved neuromuscular performance
This will form the basis for future neuromuscular training and is based on the SFISM’s ‹Power to win› project, which aims to ensure that a higher proportion of young athletes in various sports develop a higher level of neuromuscular performance by the end of their talent development.
Strength training plays a central role as a performance enhancer on this path. Its early implementation, starting with the development of strength training skills, leads to an improvement in general training effectiveness. Only on this basis can individualised neuromuscular training tailored to an athlete’s performance profile be effective and target-oriented in the long term.
Building up general robustness
The factsheet shows a progressive and long-term oriented path from the playful introduction of strength training-oriented loads to individualised stimulation that are sustainably relevant for injury prevention and performance enhancement. Developing general robustness is very important for the body to be able to tolerate high-intensity training methods. This robustness is based on the early development of mobility and stability as well as technical skills in strength training-relevant movement techniques, such as barbell training or plyometric forms.
Shifting the strength and speed curve to the right
Jan Seiler explains: «For practically all sports, it is ultimately about shifting the strength-speed curve to the right, i.e. getting stronger and faster. That's why maximum and speed-strength training should be favoured.» According to Seiler, hypertrophy as a means of developing strength can be justified provided that sport-specific technique is not permanently impaired as a result.