We’ve discussed this before but it bears repeating, everyone stands to benefit from plyometrics if they are programmed properly. Ramirez-Campillo, et al 2013 assigned 18 distance runners to a control group where they ran 3 days/week and 18 to a training group where they ran 3 days a week and performed plyometric exercises 3days/week. Pre-post(…)
Vaczi, et al 2013 wanted to know what measures plyos improve for soccer players. They split a team into control and experimental groups. Both groups participated in soccer training. The plyo group participated single and double leg jumps three times a week. The outcomes measures used pre and post the 6 week intervention were the(…)
Plyometrics, as we have discussed numerous times, are great for developing power and quickness. They are also serious work for joints and why most coaches recommend you have some serious weight training under your belt before you begin a serious plyomterics program. People have often hypothesized that one could develop similar levels of explosive force(…)
Cherif, et al 2012 completed a great study. They split the national handball team into two groups of 11. Each group completed conventional handball practice and weight training. The experimental group added interval sprints and plyometrics. The intervals used were the 10/20 protocol (the Tabata protocol discussed here) for 2 bouts of 8min with 10(…)
Having previously discussed the safety of weightlifting in youth, we will now look at plyometircs. Johnson et al 2011 completed a literature review on children using plyometrics. Similarly to how many fear children using weights, some fear them using plyometrics. This is even more irrational given that traditional games like hop scotch and leap frog(…)
Olympic lifters and power lifters have been at this debate for decades, arguing who generates more power. Every now and then sprinters, high jumpers and throwing athletes (hammer, shot, discus and javelin) poke their heads in on the debate. Data has repeatedly shown power lifters generating more total force while Olympic lifters generating more power.(…)
Garcia-Masso et al 2011 measured the various forces associated with different types of plyometrics pushups. They measured counter-movement pushups which involved accelerating as hard as possible against the ground, jump pushups which are like clapping pushups but without the clap and falling pushups in which one falls from the kneeling position and tries to rebound(…)
A quick note today, Markovic 2007 did a review of 26 studies of plyometrics and their effects on vertical jump height. In his analysis, it was found that plyometrics improved vertical height. Squat jumps improved it by 4.7% as did drop jumps, counter-movement jumps with arm swing by 7.5% and counter-movement jumps by 8.7%. This would(…)