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Depth Drops – Reactive Plyometric Exercise

June 30, 2009

Depth drops are exercises that train your legs and body to absorb impact after a very high jump. Theses exercises will help strengthen the ligaments and tendons in your feet and legs. This is important due to the fact that your body will be impacting the ground with a lot of force every time you [...]

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High Box Depth Jumps – Advanced Plyometrics

June 28, 2009

High box depth jumps are another example of combination plyometric exercises. This one is obviously a combination of depth jumps and box jumps. These kinds of exercises give you a tougher workout and add a little more variation to help avoid the mundane. It’s always good to look for new exercises (or make up your [...]

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Low Squat Jump to Lunge Jump – Advanced Plyometrics

June 26, 2009

The low squat jump to lunge jump is an interesting exercise. It is actually quite simple because it is just a combination of low squat jumps and lunge jumps..as you probably guessed. This will really give you a good workout and greatly increase the strength of the upper portion of your legs. To begin, get [...]

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Alternating Lunge Jumps – Advanced Plyometrics

June 25, 2009

Alternating lunge jumps are pretty tiring if you perform them at your max. These can really help build up your quadricep muscles and other very important jumping muscles. I would recommend doing these lunge jumps at the beginning of your workout so you have the energy to perform them correctly. To start your alternating lunge [...]

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Side To Side Box Jumps – Advanced Plyometrics

June 24, 2009

Side to side box jumps help to build lateral quickness and power. Use this exercise to build up the supporting muscles on the left and right sides of your ankles. You can move over to the box jump page for another variation of this exercise. Side to side box jumps begin with the setup of [...]

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Low Box Depth Jump – Advanced Plyometrics

June 22, 2009

The low box depth jump is very good for developing your reactive strength and explosiveness. This sort of strength allows you to turn downward vertical motion into upward vertical motion. If you miss a blocked shot and need to go back up immediately to grab a defensive rebound, this is the exercise that will help [...]

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Lateral Cone Jumps – Advanced Plyometrics

June 21, 2009

Lateral cone jumps are a very useful exercise for building agility and foot speed. They will also help strengthen your lower leg muscles along with the muscles that support your ankles. Lateral cone jumps are very similar to slalom jumps. The only difference is that you’ll be jumping over an actual object this time. To [...]

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Box Squat Jumps – Intermediate Plyometrics

June 9, 2009

The box squat jump is an interesting movement. It’s very similar to the step up jump in that it puts your body in a disadvantaged position. The difference is that you will be sitting in a chair or on a box to perform this movement.  To get started with box squat jumps find a chair, [...]

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Step Up Jump – Intermediate Plyometrics

June 6, 2009

The step up jump is a great way to build strength in the upper half of your legs. This exercise is very useful because it puts your body at a mechanical disadvantage…in other words, it’s harder than just normal jumping. Using this mechanical disadvantage, the step up jump forces your body to generate more strength [...]

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Burpees Exercise (Squat Thrusts) – Intermediate Plyometrics

June 4, 2009

Burpees are a unique exercise that seem to be growing in popularity. One of the major things that makes burpees so useful is the fact that they really help involve the entire body instead of just one area. Use this exercise to build full body strength as well as stamina.  To perform the burpees exercise, [...]

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