Every athlete wants to be faster. What most don’t realize is that to get faster you must get better at?slowing down. No this isn’t some yogic, metaphysical, “get in the…
Browsing: plyometrics and jumping
[This is a guest blog by John Evans. John is an Exercise Science student at Slippery Rock University and participated in the summer internship program at Athletic Lab] When it…
There are tons of misconceptions in the athletic world but one of the one’s that really bugs me is all the hype around improving your standing vertical jump and how…
Plyometric training is not a stand-alone training method; it is highly compatible and significantly enhanced by strength training. It is also closely related to speed development. Most importantly it is…
When teaching and training lateral and multi-directional plyos, I follow the same general force progression I do with linear plyos. I generally start with simpler (lower or appropriate intensity) lateral…