Comments on: Plyometrics

By: Murphy

Murphy — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 17:55:19 +0000

would you recommend coupling both the plyo’s and weight’s as a training programme. Example; between a set of bench work out medicine ball chest pass’s

By: Dan

Dan — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 06:56:39 +0000

Hey Adam.

Yeah you are right about the CNS being the brain and spinal cord.

I won’t get too technical about how the human brain & body works, but plyometrics basically train your CNS to operate more efficiently under strenuous activities (like jumping).

The CNS controls (among other things) the muscle contraction process of the body.

Each time you jump, there are several signals that are triggered in your cells, which are all controlled by the CNS.

When you do plyometric drills, the CNS becomes better and more efficient at dealing with these signals.

This lets your muscles contract more powerfully when jumping, thereby increasing your vertical jump.

By: Adam

Adam — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 04:16:32 +0000

Dan, what does it mean that plyometrics train you CNS? I thought your central nervous system was your brain and spinal cord…

Does that have to do with training your fast twitch muscle fibers? I’m confused.

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By: Dan

Dan — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 23:38:42 +0000

Hey Marlon. I just updated the plyometrics page on my website. Enjoy!

By: Stunner

Stunner — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 03:36:34 +0000

Shoulder, calf, hamstring, and abdominal exersices eg press up clap, skippin, jumping up steps and fast weightlifting exersices targeting those particular musceles

Aye

By: marlon

marlon — Fri, 29 May 2009 14:49:34 +0000

please show me how to execute and what are the best plyo metric exercises to increase a vertical jump.

thanks