Plyometric Workouts
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by Jana Dibbs
Plyometric Workouts - Our bodies are able
to adapt to their surroundings. This is why
working out is so effective. If you start
lifting weight that the body isn't use to
it will grow and become stronger so that it
can lift that weight easier. The exact same
thing happens with jump training. The body
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will adapt and create more fast twitch so that it can jump
higher than it currently does.
The fast twitch muscle in the body is muck quicker than the
slow twitch. Another difference is that they fatigue quicker.
White muscles are slow and can last a lot longer than red
muscle.
A sprinter needs a lot of power but not for very long. So they
train to get as much red muscle as possible and as little white
muscle as they can.
The body will never have all of one type but a combination of
the two. You do need endurance muscle along with the fast
muscle to function.
But you might be wondering how to get more red muscle. This is
where your training becomes very important, the way you train
affect the muscle you will get.
To get the fast red muscle you need to train in short high
powered intervals. To get more white endurance muscle just
train doing slower paced movements for longer periods of
time.
There is a science known as plyometrics that is created for one
thing and that is to make you jump higher through creating more
fast twitch muscles.
The way plyos work is by doing very high intensity jumps that
don't last very long. Remember you are going for speed and not
for endurance. It would defeat the purpose to do hundreds of
jumps if you really want each jump to be it's highest possible.
You need to train just like what you want to accomplish. It is
time to stop thinking and hoping that one day you will be able
to dunk and get off you butt and do something about it. You can
learn to jump higher with the proper training exercises so get
to work.
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