Given the quality of muscle contractions, strengthening might be considered as the most qualitative training modality. Lots of methods using different muscle solicitations are available for the coach. Each of them answers to a precise objective and the biggest difficulty is to program them properly…

For more information, you can look at these extracts from Gilles Cometti’s books (written in french):

Les mécanismes de la force
Les méthodes de musculation 1ère partie et 2nde partie

 

Pictures illustrating several strengthening methods :

Concentric
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The "Bulgarian method"
	Click here to see exercises from the "Bulgarian method"
"Stato-dynamic 1 time"
	Click here to see " stato-dynamic 1 time" exercises
Stato-dynamic 2 times
	Click here to see " stato-dynamic 2 times" exercises
Plyometrie
	Click here to plyometric exercises
Eccentric
	Click here to see eccentric exercises