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When is the last time you've done plyometric work? You look like a guy with a lot of untapped strength into power. You're like a mini-tractor that sucks when he's pushed at high RPM.

I think an important difference in between a short GCT (like a low box depth jump over a hurdle) vs. a maximal jump depth jump (like a low box depth jump with an overhead target) is the fact that the mechanics are utterly different from a point on.

The landing mechanics are the same so you might think that eccentrically you're loading the muscles and tendons in the same way in both of these scenarios.

But starting with the amortization phase there will be differences, and the MOST differences will be at the point of full body extension.

In the obstacle depth jump you will get your knees towards your chest in order to pass the hurdle in front of you so the actual hip extension might not fully occur. You might short-cut it in order to have enough time to hip flex your knees towards your chest.

In the overhead target depth jump you can truly focus on maximal triple extension.

Also, since one has a length parameter involved (jumping forward over an obstacle) and the other is 100% vertical (in a perfect world), then even the landings will differ and the body's position at landing will as well...

So it's more than just a philosophical difference that needs to be resolved.

Funny experience?

You do it in the squat rack. The safety pins stop the bar.

You must define the type of jump first though... and this should be a whole other thread.

They look so quad dominant... I mean the depth jump IS quad dominant but they look SO quad dominant

Have you tried to do them looking forward instead of down?

Why do you smile after your first rep?

Back in the day it was believed that depth jumps do indeed do the stuff you're talking about. But recent research on the REAL plyometric ability and what that means refutes these claims.

There's nothing magical about depth jumps and the height of the jump. They're just a variation of a jump squat, except the fact that you're loaded on the excentric portion and unloaded on the concentric portion of the jump.

I can bring up these reasons as they're stated in VJB 2.0 if you want.