The Science Behind Training Your Tendons (Extensibility is KEY)

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[onepeacenugget]

I feel like sprinting is a great way to assess compensations, stiffness and mobility all across the kinetic chain

[MutantNinja_KRT]

Knees and acl didn’t feel the best lately then I started running/ jogging again and now my knees feel much better. Couldn’t agree more.

[coach.hybrid]

What I got from this video is that there needs to be a balance between tendon stiffness and tendon extensibility. Too much stiffness causes muscle strain, and too much slack in the tendon may cause it to tear, and so we must find a balance. What are your thoughts on doing frequent jump rope for strength athletes as a way to bridge the gap for the lack of SSC training?

[julianfurner]

Really appreciate what you do for us, it's amazing. Thank you. I need to put on muscle mass and from watching your content now feel like I know exact combo with plyo, short range of motion and long range of motion 👌 👍 👏 🙌

[riccardofabbrini]

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[kedrickdemerson]

Had to watch it twice but it’s balance over overloaded strength so increasing them simultaneously is key

[seankennedy]

Love sprinting. Tweaked a hamstring yesterday while sprinting somewhat cold. No surprise there, it's a tough game on the body, imo.

[lazmonti]

Lots of good information in the video, except the statement about rapture of tendons does not happen much with slow motion. One does not have to search much to see that most bicep tendons are snapped doing very slow dead lifts and curls. Tendons baking, usually, just need the muscle to be under stretch and force applied at that moment. This can be either slow or fast.

[carlosdiaz]

I used to get terrible shin splits when I would do workouts with a lot of running. Once I started doing specific sprint training at max effort they went away

[Alex]

So plyometrics + strength training best combination for health and athletic performance.
Adding also daily walks and 2-3 sessions of stretching per week.

[gts]

Increasing the stretch of a spring stores way more energy than using a stiffer spring. This is the reason bows are that thin allowing more stretch and therefore storing more energy (with the limited force with which you can pull on the bow string) than using a thicker bow.
It obviously is more usefull to have flexible tendons in dynamic movements to allow more energy storage (besides the injury risk).

[jasonvoorhees]

I always thought that plyos destroy the tendons and overstress the connective tissues.

[AlteredState]

Such a valuable topic! Thanks for sharing.

[tobiaslewis]

LOVED This Video man, Really Paid Attention to it. ⚡

[blues]

Do you think tendon stiffness and extensibility are opposites?
Or do you think it’s possible to maintain both

Like, two springs with the same load capacity but one that over that load capacity can stretch and the other that is brittle and breaks.

And I’m curious whether stiffness usually refers to density or volume

Thank you. Great video

[benko]

I’m addicted to learning about Thai shit now

[rsstnnr]

What are your thoughts on the whole Knees Over Toes movement?

[mrzack]

If you grow up doing the asian squat, it's tendon lengthening and tensioning training

[EvolveNowYoga]

Great information and content as always! 🐐

[RNWD.fitness]

Thank you for the information. This is great!!