Jumping Exercises
Have you ever thought about how great the human body is and how it can adapt to different types of training? It's amazing that our bodies will grow and become stronger when they need to. The same holds true with jumping. Our muscles can change so that they are better abled to jump high. With the right training they can get fast twitch muscles that will produce more power.
What are the differences between fast twitch and slow twitch muscle fibers? Well, as you might of guessed one is obviously faster but it also fatigues much faster. You can't have your cake and eat it too.
Sprinters on the other hand have what are known as red muscle fibers and they are designed to have power but not to last very long.
Each muscle type has it's advantage for different activities. But if you want to jump higher you need have more red fast twitch fibers.
So now you are probably wondering how to get more fast twitch muscle. You type of training directly corresponds to the muscle you will create.
If you train in short burst with a lot of power you will be training your body to create more fast twitch muscles. While if you train doing long steady workouts you will get endurance muscles.
Plyometrics are exercises that are designed to develop the fast twitch muscles of the legs so that you will be able to jump higher.
So naturally you could assume that plyos will consist of high powered exercises that only last for a few seconds. You don't want to do hundreds of reps when trying to create power, you need to do low reps at high intensity to get the result you are looking for when training to jump higher. It's time to stop dreaming that you can jump like a pro basketball/volleyball player and get out there and train so that you really can. - 17268
What are the differences between fast twitch and slow twitch muscle fibers? Well, as you might of guessed one is obviously faster but it also fatigues much faster. You can't have your cake and eat it too.
Sprinters on the other hand have what are known as red muscle fibers and they are designed to have power but not to last very long.
Each muscle type has it's advantage for different activities. But if you want to jump higher you need have more red fast twitch fibers.
So now you are probably wondering how to get more fast twitch muscle. You type of training directly corresponds to the muscle you will create.
If you train in short burst with a lot of power you will be training your body to create more fast twitch muscles. While if you train doing long steady workouts you will get endurance muscles.
Plyometrics are exercises that are designed to develop the fast twitch muscles of the legs so that you will be able to jump higher.
So naturally you could assume that plyos will consist of high powered exercises that only last for a few seconds. You don't want to do hundreds of reps when trying to create power, you need to do low reps at high intensity to get the result you are looking for when training to jump higher. It's time to stop dreaming that you can jump like a pro basketball/volleyball player and get out there and train so that you really can. - 17268
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