Basic Plyometrics Squat & Step Drill Exercise

Series Summary

Functional plyometric sport training is a new type of fitness routine that helps you focus your fitness training on movements and mobility exercises that will help you perform better in every day life. Functional training involves stair steps, lifting and throwing, coordination, and flexibility. We have many muscle fibers that go unused in our everyday lives that can help us in our daily tasks. When we lift groceries or a baby or when we have to walk across town.

The exercises demonstrated by the personal trainer include medicine ball techniques, skiing and stepping exercises, leg and arm presses, and other strength and conditioning exercises. All of these exercises and techniques are there to do one thing. Use and strengthen muscle fibers we didn't know we had and surely did not use before. Do these exercises for a couple of weeks and you'll see a change very quickly. It's not only about being fit or strong but about feeling that way. You are only as old as you feel so do your part and take care of your body. It's taken care of you your whole life!

Video Transcript

"UNIQUE ANDERSON: On behalf of Expert Village, my name is Unique Anderson and I'm here at Energy Fitness in New York City, and we're talking about speed, agility and plyometric step training. Hello, this is Unique Anderson here to tell you about step-up drills for speed and agility, and also for stabilization in core. First thing, we're going to start out which is just a warm-up for your body. We're going to our basic squat, shoulder-width apart, keeping your chest up, right, coming down, driving your body down to the floor, squeezing back up. The reason why I have my hands in front of me is to actually give me some type of balance, making sure that your core is engaged. We're doing that for about five reps, four, three, two and one. Then we're going to start out with the left leg because I'm righty. I'm starting out with my weaker leg. We're coming up here, stepping up and down. So basically, if you do this for an older person, if they don't have too much balance, you can start them out right here. You can also have a bar on the side to help them out with it, but this is for an athlete. You want to speed it up a little bit more. You will bring it up and down, up. And that is your speed techniques with that posture."