I might have posted about GPP before but I am still curious… is GPP the same as Plyometrics? I have done Plometrics before, (fast twitching muscles,) and GPP his them as well. Also, they both improve speed, agility, and strength. SO why not just call them General Plyometrics Prepardeness???
Plyometrics are the depth drop and depth jump, mainly. The defining characteristic is a high-velocity eccentric action. It has nothing to do with GPP.
[quote]Ryan P. McCarter wrote:
Plyometrics are the depth drop and depth jump, mainly. The defining characteristic is a high-velocity eccentric action. It has nothing to do with GPP.[/quote]
Well then what do you define as GPP? I wikipediaed both plyometrics AND GPP, and both seemed to do the same thing. Barrell tossing, (A GPP activity,) seems like it has a high velocity eccentric action. I’m not trying to start a debate, I just want to fully understand both types of training. And if the explosive movement is on the eccentric part, couldn’t there essentially be hundreds of Plyometrics workouts?
[quote]Stength4life wrote:
Well then what do you define as GPP? I wikipediaed both plyometrics AND GPP, and both seemed to do the same thing. Barrell tossing, (A GPP activity,) seems like it has a high velocity eccentric action. I’m not trying to start a debate, I just want to fully understand both types of training. And if the explosive movement is on the eccentric part, couldn’t there essentially be hundreds of Plyometrics workouts? [/quote]
Plyometrics are specifically designed to increase explosive power. A’true’ plyometric routine would require you to manage your fatigue with comparatively long rests between sets (upwards of three minutes).
Also, you don’t train to muscular failure or fatigue - only to the point where your technique starts to break down. Once you start to lose explosivity in a given exercise, it is time to end that set.
An activity like barrel tossing has an explosive element to it, but if you are using it as part of GPP, then you would be actively seeking fatigue. GPP training also seeks to improve several other aspects of performance, such as energy systems work and work capacity.
Plyometrics do not (or at least shouldn’t), because they are designed to improve one area of performance.
Barrel tossing could also be used as part of a plyometric workout, but the application of the exercise would be quite different compared to its use in a GPP routine.
Plyometrics are used to train explosiveness. GPP is used to train physical preparedness. You could go out and jog every morning and call it GPP.