Here is an interesting study on baseball players. All of them were experienced college baseball players. They all did resistance and power training. In addition, half of them did sprints and the other half did long runs for endurance training.
The ones who did the sprints significantly increased their power. The players who did the long runs either made no improvement in power or their power actually decreased, despite doing the same resistance and power training as the other group.
Endurance training gets in the way of power training. The research on concurrent strength and endurance training is mixed, with some studies saying it lowers the effect of strength training and others saying it doesn't make a significant difference.
However, with power, the research on concurrent endurance and power shows that endurance training reduces the effect or negates the effect on power. Power is very important in our sport. If you want to maximize your power, you should reduce or eliminate endurance training.
Here is the link to the study on baseball players:
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