Unlock Explosive Power: The Technique

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You loaded through your back leg, rotated hard through your hips, and let your arm rip through the finish.

Felt clean. Looked sharp. But the power didn’t transfer.

The legs pushed. The core turned. The timing was there.
Still, your shot or punch lacked the power it needed.
Like your body wound up… but didn’t fully unload.

In this edition:

•  ⚡ Unlock explosive power in your movements.

• 🧠 Master tension, rotation, and release for maximum speed.

• 🔥 This week’s focus: Build control for faster, stronger action.

— Paco Raven, Editor & Founder

P.S. This is yesterday's newsletter — it couldn’t be sent due to some technical issues. This week, I’m also testing a new format for the exercises by sending them in a separate email. This will give me more space to explain the exercises and personalize them better. I hope you enjoy the new format, so keep an eye out for an extra email tomorrow. I'd love to hear your thoughts — just respond to the poll below!

Why Your Movements Lack Power

You rotate well. You feel smooth. The movement looks clean.
But where’s the power?

Every athlete, in every sport, needs power.

Whether you’re serving at 5-all, cutting past a defender, exploding off a block, or launching off one leg in the air. Power is the difference-maker.

It’s the ability to apply force fast. To go from tension to motion in an instant.

Speed is great. Strength is helpful.
But power is what makes it explosive.

Still, a lot of athletes miss where that power actually comes from.

They train the rotation. They clean up their form. But the power doesn’t transfer.

Why?

Because they’re skipping a key link in the chain: elastic recoil.

What Most Athletes Miss

When your body loads up — stepping into a throw, winding for a kick, coiling for a serve — it stores energy in your muscles and tendons.

This stretch (think: twist, wind, or load) should instantly snap into a release.
That’s recoil.

But recoil isn’t just doing the movement.
It’s about how your body handles the tension.

If your hips are not under tension, or your obliques and core can’t hold the tension… energy gets lost.

If your upper back doesn’t connect smoothly to your arms, you lose transfer.

If your timing is off, that snap turns into a slow throw, kick, etc.

And if you’re only training slow, muscle-driven strength (like heavy lifts without speed), you won’t be ready to express it at game speed.

Power = Movement + Timing + Tension

Let’s break it down with real movement:

• In tennis, power doesn’t come from your arm. It starts in your hips, travels through your core, and releases through your shoulder and wrist.

• In rugby, it begins in your glutes and legs, winds through your torso, and drives through the upper body.

• In combat sports, a punch begins from the ground up, using the hip turn, obliques, and lat connection to drive force into your hand.

• In track, every stride is a fast preload in the hamstrings, a strong brace in the core, and a sharp push through the ankle and hip.

These movements all look different. But the pattern is the same:

You load. You hold. You snap.

That’s recoil — and it’s the secret to turning rotation into real power.

You don’t need to change how you move.
You need to train your body to snap when it moves.

To build control, tension, and timing into your rotation —
So it becomes a power generator, not just a moving part.

You don’t need to change how you move.
You need to train your body to release when it moves.

That’s the focus this week — building the control and strength to make that release powerful. Because without control, your rotation is just wasted movement.

We’re targeting the muscles that matter most for turning rotation into real power: the hips, the core, and the upper body. These areas help you twist, hold, and release. If they’re not strong and connected, you lose force before it ever reaches your strike, swing, kick, or other movement.

This week, it’s all about teaching your body to stay tight, hold just enough tension, and then let it go fast.

To get there, we’ll focus on:

• Isometric holds teach your body how to stay tight in the right spots

• Quick, reactive drills that fire right after a short stretch

• One-sided or twisting movements that feel like what you do in your sport

This kind of training is a game-changer if your performance depends on explosive movements, like a powerful throw, a heavy strike, or a fast kick.
If your sport demands rotation, control, and release, this one’s for you.

Tomorrow, I’ll send you 3 drills that bring this all to life, with clear sets, reps, and why it works. So you can work directly on improving power in your sport.

Want These Exercises built for your sport?

I’ll personalize them based on what type of sport you play — but only if I get your info in time for tomorrow’s newsletter.

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Thank you for reading.

Next Monday, we will be back with a new Q&A edition.

And if you missed last Monday's Q&A edition on ankle stability and what improving it can do to your performance. Read it here.

Until next week,
Paco Raven, Editor & Founder
The Stoiclete

DISCLAIMER: None of the content provided in this newsletter constitutes medical, training, or performance advice. This newsletter is strictly educational and is not intended to be a substitute for professional guidance or personalized coaching. Please be mindful of your limitations and perform exercises at your own risk.