Question about jumping ability
The majority of my lower body training is centered around short distance sprints and accessory posterior chain exercises (reverse hypers, GHR, single leg deadlifts, step ups etc.). Anyway, I decided to do some plyometric work yesterday before one of my sprint sessions to see how I fared.
I did some standard vertical jumps and I did squat jumps. On the squat jumps I would go into a full squat, pause @ the bottom for several seconds and explode up.
The height I was able to jump was near identical with these two different styles of jumping.
Does this mean that I have very good strength but need to work on speed/rebound ability? Or could this be simply because I have seldom done plyometrics in the past and that my body is not used to this movement? I also have a solid strength base that I built years ago, about 2x BW parallel box squat.
Thanks