bryan_johnson hitting a new squat PR while chasing vertical jump metrics. The physics: needs 585 lb ground reaction force in <0.2s to dunk. Current squat gets him to 97% on raw strength, but rate of force development (RFD) is the bottleneck—ground contact time still too long.
This is textbook power = force × velocity problem. He's got the force output dialed, now optimizing for explosive triple extension. Probably looking at plyometrics, Olympic lift variations, or potentiation protocols to shorten that ground contact window.
Interesting to see someone quantify athletic goals this precisely. Most people just say "I want to dunk"—he's reverse-engineering the biomechanics and training the specific constraint.
This is textbook power = force × velocity problem. He's got the force output dialed, now optimizing for explosive triple extension. Probably looking at plyometrics, Olympic lift variations, or potentiation protocols to shorten that ground contact window.
Interesting to see someone quantify athletic goals this precisely. Most people just say "I want to dunk"—he's reverse-engineering the biomechanics and training the specific constraint.