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Plyometrics logo #21000 Plyometrics, also known as `jump training` or `plyos`, are exercises based around having muscles exert maximum force in short intervals of time, with the goal of increasing both speed and power. This training focuses on learning to move from a muscle extension to a contraction in a rapid or `explosive` manner, for example with specialized re...
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Plyometrics

Plyometrics logo #20909Plyometrics: Any exercise in which muscles are repeatedly and rapidly stretched ('loaded') and then contracted (as in jumping high off the ground or in push-ups with a clap between them). The aim of plyometrics is to improve muscle power.
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Plyometrics

Plyometrics logo #20640Maximum concentric effort made immediately following an eccentric phase. In simpler terms bounding, hopping, and rebound jumping.
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plyometrics logo #21244Bounding exercises; any jumping exercise in which landing followed by a jump occurs.
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