Any unique health benefits from power & plyo training not provided by RT?

Training Q&A [Moderated]
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Hey BBM Crew,

I was recently having a discussion regarding power & plyo training with a fellow trainer. I personally rarely include it with gen pop clients, as I have very limited time with them, and to my knowledge, resistance training confers the greatest health benefits/has the best ROI for gen pop.
We were overviewing our knowledge of the health benefits of RT, and began discussing potential adaptations incurred from power & plyo… but, I realized I had no knowledge of empirical data re: health benefits (other than potentially reduce fall risk in older pop).

So, my question is: is there any evidence that power and/or plyometric training confers any unique health or “quality of life” benefits that resistance training alone does not?

Thanks for your time.

-Josh
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Simple answer, no.

Long answer, there is some data showing that metrics of power inversely correlate to mortality risk, but this doesn’t seem to be independent of low velocity strength.