About Plyometrics
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Plyometrics Description
Get explosive powerful upper and lower body parts?
Upper body: want to get explosive power in your chest, shoulders and arms?
Lower body: want to get explosive power in your gluts and legs?
When used correctly with a strengthening program, “plyos” can drastically improve power and explosion.
What is Plyometrics?
At its core plyometrics means an exercise that forces the muscle to produce maximum force in minimum time. Scientifically speaking, the muscle being worked is first loaded by an eccentric (lengthening) action, which is immediately followed by a concentric (shortening) action. More simply, the muscle is stretched prior to a forceful contraction. Think of it as the compression of a spring before it is allowed return to its normal length.
Who are plyometrics good for?
Plyometrics are good for anyone who wants to increase their explosive power especially in athletes. Specifically speaking, upper body plyos usually are a progression after you can bench your body weight, for example with a push up. Lower body plyos usually are a progression after you can easily perform squats and jumps but reached a level that you see no progression. Here comes plyos to help you.
How will they help me?
Do the words “explosive” and “powerful” make you scared? These exercises, coupled with a good strength training program, will give you those explosive gains you love to see in your sports. Plyos are also good for number of sports: basketball, football and volleyball with higher jumps, speed and agility, tennis, squash and badminton with agility and more speed and power with the racket.