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| Plyometrics |
 Trina writes, "Plyometrics is not just for athletes. Use it to ramp up your lean body mass, stimulate your metabolism, and get rid of unwanted fat."
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Plyometrics can best be described as "explosive-reactive" power training. This type of training involves powerful muscular contractions in response to a rapid stretching of the involved musculature. These powerful contractions are not purely muscular; they have an extremely high degree of central nervous system involvement.
Sound complicated? Well, it's really not. We all have seen it, experienced it, and continue to use this type of "reactive" movement pattern to develop power. "How?" you ask.
Here is an example: standing in a lunge position; exploding out of the lunge and landing on the opposite leg back into a lunge position. You can jump off a 6-12-inch box, hit the ground and immediately jump onto the 24-inch box. The landing from a smaller box loads the legs quick enough to create the stretch reflex needed in this type of plyometric training.
Like any high-intensity training, plyometrics should not be designed or performed without proper training and should not be done on a daily basis.
We are all involved in plyometric events everyday. Some of us are exposed to low levels, while others participate in higher intensities. Regardless of the level of participation, the key to safe participation in plyometrics is proper progression.
Trina K Kubitschek, CPT
Owner of CrossFit Station
Nutrition Counseling
Endurance Coaching
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Posted on Jan 02, 2012 09:35am.
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