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How to Do Medium Intensity Plyometrics

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Medium intensity plyometrics improves the overall fitness of the body. Athletes who compete in sports like racquet ball, soccer, basketball and tennis become stronger and more powerful after performing these exercises. Plyometrics requires very little knowledge to achieve these results.

Difficulty: Moderately Easy
Instructions

    Plyometric Pike Jump

  1. Step 1

    Take an athletic stance with your knees flexed, feet comfortably apart and arms slightly back with elbows flexed. Your body needs to be natural, not tense.

  2. Step 2

    Place your attention on your body and imagine leaping into the air.

  3. Step 3

    Breathe naturally and jump your body upward.

  4. Step 4

    Straighten your legs and, like a jack knife, lift them on a plane with the floor and touch your fingers to your toes.

  5. Step 5

    Land on your feet in the original position with your legs flexed, then instantly repeat the explosion.

  6. Step 6

    Perform this exercise 10 times for genuine fitness results.

  7. Plyometric Double Leg Tuck Jump

  8. Step 1

    Start like the pike jump with your body in an athletic stance, your knees flexed, arms back with elbows bent and feet comfortably apart.

  9. Step 2

    Envision your body exploding upward as you leap as high as possible.

  10. Step 3

    Explode the body upward while bringing your knees into your chest and taking hold of the knees.

  11. Step 4

    Land with your feet firmly on the ground and instantaneously repeat the exercise.

  12. Step 5

    Repeat the double leg tuck jump 10 times, breathing naturally for better fitness.

  13. Plyometric Medicine Ball Push-Ups

  14. Step 1

    Position the body in a push-up pose, with your hands on a medicine ball.

  15. Step 2

    Remove your hands quickly from the medicine ball and drop your body down.

  16. Step 3

    Move your hands to the edge of the medicine ball, slightly bending the elbows.

  17. Step 4

    Allow your elbows to bend even more with the gravitational pull until your chest meets the medicine ball.

  18. Step 5

    Push up instantly and hold your hands on the medicine ball once more.

  19. Step 6

    Perform this exercise 10 times for the best fitness results.

Tips & Warnings
  • Think vertical as you do the pike jump. Your body needs to go up high.
  • Expect to see results right away, but lasting and obvious results in 4 to 8 weeks.
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