Day 58…. Day two of 5 weeks of Fury…. Day 2 of our Diet….. 1 Step closer to reaching our goals!!! Plyo always gets your blood pumping, but today it also got the sweat pouring out of us! It was awesome!!! I was a bit more tired today, more than usual… It was difficult to become awake, I mean I was up and moving but not really awake… But once that Cytosport Fast Twitch kicks in, it’s off to the races!!! I’ve been doing research lately on the actual health benefits of all the exercise routines that we have been doing and I really like the affects!!!
Plyometrics is the name for a type of exercise that is designed to increase intensity or explosive power in certain muscle groups. This kind of training is used to increase the power of a boxer’s punch or the force of a basketball player’s jump. Plyometric training is different from traditional strength training exercise because it is performed quickly and explosively. It increases muscle power by capitalizing on the lengthening and the shortening of the muscle cycles. This kind of training usually starts with a rapid stretch of a muscle or eccentric phase followed by a rapid shortening of the same muscle or the concentric phase. Several studies suggest that plyometrics can greatly improve athletic performance in terms of vertical jumps, long jumps, sprinting, cycling, basketball, kickboxing, and many more. It appears that even one or two types of plyometric training completed one to three times a week may improve motor performance within six to 12 week. In addition to this, three sets of 10 plyometric push ups may also increase upper body strength.
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