Plyometrics
The 10 Best Plyometric Exercises for Athletes
Plyometric training is a great way for athletes to build explosive power. Performing plyometrics one to three times a week can increase your vertical...
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.
Rotational Plyometrics for Youth and High School Sports
Plyometric training, or more simply, jump training, has long been a staple of performance enhancement programs from youth to elite levels. With its focus on generating explosive force in the [...]
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 [...]
5 Ways Athletes Do Plyometrics Wrong
If you’ve spent any amount of time training for a sport, you’ve undoubtedly heard the term plyometrics. You’ve probably even performed a few plyo workouts—which is good news, considering that [...]
3 Best Plyometric Exercises for Speed
Athletes can achieve top speed by maximizing their power production. When designed and implemented correctly, plyometric exercises is an effective and efficient way to increase the power produced in an [...]
Don’t Overlook Horizontal Force Production for Sports Success
Being able to apply the right amount of force in the appropriate direction at the appropriate time is critical to sports success. If we jump to catch a ball, we [...]
Everything Wrong with P90X Plyometrics
P90X Plyometrics is a tough routine, but don’t let the name mislead you. It hardly qualifies as a plyometric workout. The workout features many jumps, skips and hops, which might [...]
