Plyometric Workouts
Have you ever thought about how great the human body is and how it can adapt to different types of training? It's amazing that our bodies will grow and become stronger when they need to. The same holds true with jumping. Our muscles can change so that they are better abled to jump high. With the right training they can get fast twitch muscles that will produce more power.
Fast twitch muscles react much quicker than slow twitch but they also don't perform for as long. White muscle is the endurance muscle and that's what marathon runners have in their bodies.
A sprinter needs a lot of power but not for very long. So they train to get as much red muscle as possible and as little white muscle as they can.
Each muscle type has it's advantage for different activities. But if you want to jump higher you need have more red fast twitch fibers.
So now you are probably wondering how to get more fast twitch muscle. You type of training directly corresponds to the muscle you will create.
So if you train by doing things at a steady pace for long periods of time you will get a lot of white endurance muscle. While training at high speeds for short periods of time creates fast red muscle.
Plyometrics are exercises that are designed to develop the fast twitch muscles of the legs so that you will be able to jump higher.
The way plyos work is by doing very high intensity jumps that don't last very long. Remember you are going for speed and not for endurance. It would defeat the purpose to do hundreds of jumps if you really want each jump to be it's highest possible. You need to train just like what you want to accomplish. It is time to stop thinking and hoping that one day you will be able to dunk and get off you butt and do something about it. You can learn to jump higher with the proper training exercises so get to work. - 17273
Fast twitch muscles react much quicker than slow twitch but they also don't perform for as long. White muscle is the endurance muscle and that's what marathon runners have in their bodies.
A sprinter needs a lot of power but not for very long. So they train to get as much red muscle as possible and as little white muscle as they can.
Each muscle type has it's advantage for different activities. But if you want to jump higher you need have more red fast twitch fibers.
So now you are probably wondering how to get more fast twitch muscle. You type of training directly corresponds to the muscle you will create.
So if you train by doing things at a steady pace for long periods of time you will get a lot of white endurance muscle. While training at high speeds for short periods of time creates fast red muscle.
Plyometrics are exercises that are designed to develop the fast twitch muscles of the legs so that you will be able to jump higher.
The way plyos work is by doing very high intensity jumps that don't last very long. Remember you are going for speed and not for endurance. It would defeat the purpose to do hundreds of jumps if you really want each jump to be it's highest possible. You need to train just like what you want to accomplish. It is time to stop thinking and hoping that one day you will be able to dunk and get off you butt and do something about it. You can learn to jump higher with the proper training exercises so get to work. - 17273
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