Strategy for developing quickness and speed. What kind of training and conditioning gives greater acceleration. If you can produce more force without an increase in mass, then this would help both. This can be done by neurological training. Training can increase the nerve network as well as the frequency of the nerve excitiation to yield a more forceful contraction of the muscles.
Training can also reduce the protective stretch reflex.
Explain the reasons for this. A weight lifting session with high reps of small weights will not develop larger muscle masses. Explain this in terms of the muscle control hierarcy and the process of muscle building. Answers to Questions for Volume 6. return to home page.