Plyometric Exercises

Have you ever dreamed of being able to jump higher? Well then why not start training so that you can. You are able to teach your body to jump a heck of a lot higher than your are jumping now. You just need some proper training guidelines.

The keyword here is proper, this means that you have to have the right type of training program that will produce results. You need both speed and strength to produce power. The speed comes from what are known as plyometric exercises.

Plyometric workouts focus on the leg speed part of the equation. You can’t forget about the strength part. You need a lot of leg strength before you even start with a plyometric jumping program.

You don’t need to be squatting 300 pounds but you do need to be able to squat your body weight very comfortably. You need that strength so that your tendons and muscles will be able to withstand the impact from jumping.

Don’t think that you can just start squatting tons of weight and then you will be able to jump really high. How many bodybuilders do you see jumping really high? Exactly none because they don’t do jumping exercises along with the strength building so their muscles are slow.

You can get really fast results if you train hard. But don’t be stupid and train with plyometrics everyday. You need to have time to rest or you will not see results.

Don’t start blasting your legs at the gym by doing squats and then jumping exercises on the same day. They are to be done on different days and rest must be taken.

Jumping exercises are only to be done in 2 month spurts and only about 2 times in a year. So don’t think you can do them all year long.