Plyometrics: Pure Muscular Power
Plyometrics is a training technique designed to increase muscular power and explosiveness. It conditions the body with dynamic resistance exercises that rapidly stretch a muscle (eccentric phase) and then rapidly shorten it (concentric phase). Hopping and jumping exercises, for example, subject the quadriceps to a stretch-shortening cycle that can strengthen these muscles, increase vertical jump, […]
Mountain Climber Exercise
Mountain climbers are a cardiovascular type of exercise, and it will give you strengthening benefits. It is a good exercise to do at home because no special equipment is needed, but you’ll get a full body workout. In addition, mountain climbers are effective either as a full-body warm-up, you can use them for your circuit and […]
Lunges – Excellent Lower Body Exercise
The lunge is a strength training exercise that is used to strengthen all the major muscles of the hips, glutes and thighs. The lunge can be performed without weights (i.e., bodyweight) or you can increase the difficulty using either dumbbells or a barbell with weights on it. *Muscle Group Worked: Hips, glutes, quads, hamstring and […]