Fitness
Rate of Force Development
Rate of force development is how quickly you can produce force from a standstill or stretch-shortening cycle—key for jumps, first-step speed, and heavy lifts off the floor. Olympic lifts, jumps, and dynamic-effort work train RFD; grinding maxes train peak force.
Rate of force development is how quickly you can produce force from a standstill or stretch-shortening cycle—key for jumps, first-step speed, and heavy lifts off the floor. Olympic lifts, jumps, and dynamic-effort work train RFD; grinding maxes train peak force.
Both matter in different sports.
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