Dynamic Integration Centers

ECENTRIC/ CONCENTRIC

In order to develop explosive power, an athlete must train to maximize elastic energy from the muscles and tendons. Dynamic Integration™ trains the athlete to use the force of the action of the muscle pulling or stretching back and forcefully moving forward in a powerful fashion. The more force with which you pull back, the more explosive the forward movement becomes. The force built up is called elastic energy which helps make your movements more powerful. If you train with heavy weights and slow action you respond slow, if you train to develop elastic energy you respond fast. This lengthening of the muscle/tendon action is called eccentric action. When the lengthening is complete and now you start the action of shortening the muscle is called concentric action.

What is important in developing athleticism, is to develop eccentric/concentric action that is usable when called upon when needed. Training should help the athlete to learn to the ability to store energy loaded in he muscle but also to release all or most of the available stored energy. The ability to use most the available stored energy is dependent on how quickly the athlete can change from the eccentric to the concentric action.

The more time that elapses between eccentric and concentric action, the more the elastic energy dissipates. Marv Marinovich developed the techniques to enable the athlete to reverse loads of the eccentric action and with just the right amount of weight in relation to the concentric action, train the nervous system to release ore quickly. The more rapid the action of revering, the more quickly the muscles learn to shorten and lengthen to the right degree at the proper time, the more elastic energy is utilized. This prevents injuries and allows the athlete to perform at peak: greater speed in running, higher vertical jump, greater accuracy in hitting and throwing velocity.