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Plyometric training for more explosiveness and muscle strengthening

Plyometric training stimulates the neuromuscular system and improves your sports practice. It is basically based on physical activity and fast contraction and explosiveness of the muscles, which allows you to improve the elastic-reactive strength of your body. And what is that for, you may be thinking?

Plyometric exercises, and basically everything that encompasses a good plyometric workout, help improve your athletic performance and physical condition. Besides that, whether you practice a sport or train independently, plyometric training brings you some healthy benefits.

The exercises are explosive and reactive, which helps you improve sprinting, which is related to aerobic work, increased heart rate and therefore blood circulation. This helps you to prevent diseases and to take care of your heart. Plyometric training helps to strengthen muscles, working on strength, coordination and balance. However, like any other sports practice, it makes your body more resistant in general, both bones and joints, and prevents you from suffering injuries. It is very important to practice plyometric exercises under advice according to the objectives and physical condition of each person in order not to overload the body.

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Practice plyometric training facilitated with materials appropriate to your level and your goals

You can practice plyometric exercises with materials or systems that facilitate jumping. If you are just starting out, the most important thing is that you know the techniques well and can practice at your own pace and condition.

There is low, medium and high intensity plyometric training to move up to a progressive level with facilitated plyometrics. This is with materials and systems that provide you with slopes for jumps or with the support of ropes or materials that encourage you. For example, with adjustable jumping platforms in wood or foam format, which are like a box that is normally used in cross training. There are also other foam jumping platforms for less experienced people that can be a good option if you are starting in the world of plyometric training.

The good thing about these structures is that they give you a safe and stable base that minimizes possible risks of falls and injuries. The height of these platforms can be adapted to your needs by simply rotating the box, offering 3 different heights with just one platform. Other foam platforms have different heights, can be stacked on top of each other and attached to each other with Velcro.

In addition, if you want to raise the level even higher, you can use weighted or weighted vests or other modalities to make the exercise more intense.

Get good results with plyometric training for sports goals

You probably associate plyometric training a lot with the disciplines of basketball or volleyball. Athletes who practice the sport must improve their jumps to achieve good performance in matches, especially vertical jumps. Plyometric exercises also improve the results of runners by the practice and the gain in explosiveness. Of course, they will always be specific for each type of discipline that work movements and jumps to perform better in each sport. Horizontal plyometrics is also widely used in soccer, for example, which also helps prevent injuries, or in children, which helps prevent obesity by improving body composition.

Improve your plyometric training with jumping platforms adapted to your needs

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