ankle bounces

Ankle Bounces With Medicine Ball

September 23, 2009

Ankle bounces, with or without weights, are great for increasing your vertical jump. The repetetive motion conditions and strengthens your legs for the jumping motion. If you’ve already been doing standard ankle bounces, try doing them with a little extra weight. One easy way to add a little resistance is to use a medicine ball. [...]

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Bent Over Donkey Ankle Bounces – Beginner Plyometrics

May 12, 2009

This exercise is similar to ankle bounces (as the title implies), but instead of standing up straight you’ll be leaning over on an object. Bent over donkey ankle bounces just give you another angle to attack your calf muscles from. Also, if your knees bother you for some reason this exercise may be easier than [...]

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Ankle Bounces – Beginner Plyometrics

May 2, 2009

Here is another low-level plymetric exercise. This one is called ankle bounces. The concept behind this exercise is pretty simple. You’re basically using just your calves to boost you off the floor with as little knee movement as possible. Eliminating movement of the knee forces your calf muscles to take on more stress, thus causing [...]

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