Power output, optimal load, shot putt

The purpose of the dynamic effort strength training is to develop or to maintain the maximal power output with an optimal load [5,6]. Such a load is often expressed in a percentage of one repetition maximum and it creates optimal conditions for the production of maximal power output during a lift. Currently, there is no conformity in opinion on the amount of the relative optimal load for a countermovement squat jump (CMJ) exercise [1,3]. Cormie et al. [1] supposes that discrepancies in the optimal load values found in contemporary literature can be caused among others by different methods of power output measurement. The purpose of the study is to determine an optimal load for dynamic effort strength training of a Czech elite thrower by means of the method used in training practice (BKM) and laboratory method (COGM), which is regarded as a validity criterion from the biomechanical point of view.