Plyometric Training
7 Best Plyometric Exercises for Explosiveness, Speed, and Power
Plyometrics are fantastic for developing speed and power due to their focus on explosive movements. However, you need to be explosive to train it.Many times, people train plyometrics, and their [...]
3 Proven Plyometrics to Take Your Performance to the Next Level
At this stage of the training game, it's no secret that a sound plyometric training routine is essential to performing at your best. Your program should be very systematic, progressive, [...]
Unleash Your Inner Speed Demon! Baseball Speed and Agility Training.
Mastering the diamond requires more than just a swing and a glove. Speed and agility are the secret weapons that separate good players from exceptional ones. By diligently incorporating the [...]
Boost Your Sprint with these Jump Exercises
One of the most critical aspects of sprinting is accelerating quickly from a stationary position. Acceleration is the horizontal force that propels you into top-end speed, and it is a [...]
Plyometric Exercises and Routines to Condition Your Speed and Explosiveness
Plyometrics are essential to improve and condition your speed, power, and explosiveness. But you cannot just jump into doing a plyometrics program. First, being unprepared can lead to an injury. [...]
The 5 Phases of a Proper Warm-Up
THE SCIENTIFIC REVOLUTION OF THE WARM-UP I’m sure many of you can vividly recall going through traditional calisthenics, or presport stretching routines prescribed by previous coaches and physical education teachers. [...]
New Strength Training Methods to Boost Cross Country Performance
No longer is running for distance seen as a way to improve your 5K or 10K. Today, coaches and trainers use sprinting, speed, power, and explosive plyometric movements to boost [...]
How to Build a Plyo Workout for Beginners
Plyometrics are a way for athletes to express true power and speed, as well as prepare the body for the unknown on the field and court.
Progressing Plyometrics: The Building Block of Athleticism
A plyometric (plyo) exercise is any movement that incorporates the Stretch-Shortening Cycle (SSC) to increase power output. The SSC has three general phases: Eccentric (downward motion/force absorption) Amortization (short pause [...]
Plyometric Exercises for Runners
Picture yourself on the starting line of a race. You’re in the blocks. You pull back to create eccentric motion in the lower leg before firing forward to victory. Now [...]
