Effects of Plyometric Jump Training on Bone Mass
This following reference should make some interesting reading for those who are vehemently opposed to the idea of plyometric training on the basis of it “causing injuries”. In fact, this article...
View ArticleChanges in Stature Following Plyometric Drop Jumps
Drop jumps and various standing drills are so widely used as a means of plyometric training that we often seem to forget that they classically may be done in many other ways, such as using the common...
View ArticleNo Plantar Flexing During Jump Training??
The following appeared in a newsletter by Ian King, an Australian fitness professional who often tours the world market (http://www.kingsports.net/bs18-askthemaster.htm) Someone asked him in his column...
View ArticleDr Mel Siff Asks If Plyometrics are Useful
The latest issue of the Journal of Strength & Conditioning Research (Aug 2000, 295-301) contained the following article: Rimmer E & Sleivert G ‘Effects of a Plyometrics Intervention Program on...
View ArticleDr Mel Siff Shows Us Gymnastics Plyometrics
There are few sports which offer as many variations of upper and lower body plyometric action as gymnastics, a fact that tends to be obscured by the proliferation of texts on so-called plyometric...
View ArticleDr Mel Siff Answers Are Squat Jumps Necessary for Explosiveness?
. <Any thoughts on this [squat jumps]? I would like some advice as I have a friend who insists on doing this potentially harmful movement with heavy weights to increase his “explosiveness”.> ***...
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