How to Do Dynamic Scissor Lunges

Series Summary

Plyometrics is a kind of exercise training meant to produce fast, powerful movements, and improve the functions of the nervous system, primarily for the purposes of improving athletic performance. Plyometric movements use strength, elasticity and innervation of muscle, as well as surrounding tissues, to jump higher, throw farther or hit harder, depending on what someone is training for. Plyometric training involves practicing plyometric movements to toughen tissues and train nerve cells to cause a specific pattern of muscle contraction so that the muscle generates a strong contraction in a short amount of time.

Plyometrics may not seem like a common type of exercise training, and despite its obscurity, plyometrics can be taught to anyone. In this free video series, our expert will show you how plyometrics can promote muscle strength for explosive movements in any athlete or person in training. You will learn proper and safe ways to perform plyometric movements, from scissor lunge exercises to crossovers and box jumping. There will also be some training involving a heavy bag if you have access to one. Learn how to use plyometrics and improve the speed of muscle contractions in no time!

Video Transcript

"KIRK VICKERS: The next series of movements that we're going to do, the series and movements and exercises are going to be explosive strength power and even some plyometric movements and motions. The first exercise that we're going to do is what's called the dynamic scissor lunge. Again, this is something that's considered to be--should be a little more advanced and this is not a beginner move. But we're going to start here into a lunge position and we're going to do what's called the scissor lunge. Switching position, try not to fall forward with our body. But good position with our feet and our ankles, coming all the way through. You're going to do 10 to 15 of these. When you're done with these, you're going to feel a lot of work through the lower extremity, even a little bit of core work right here--the quads, the glutes and the hamstrings and even some low leg and ankle with this one."