The Flexibility Ball Exercise for Plyometrics Step Training

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. As in the traditional exercises, we're just going to add the platform to it. What you're going to do is you're going to put your feet on the stability ball and you're going to be in a push-up position. Where your feet are at depends on your fitness level. If you feel that this is too hard, you can always go more on your body than on your legs. What we don't want is a push-up with a pike. So what we want to focus on is keeping the stomach tight, going down to the push-up and bring your body up as high as you can to create an L. Back down, push up and we'll create that L. Push up, then L. Now, what that's doing is that it's focusing on stability at the shoulder girdle. Also the stability ball is proprioceptive. What that means is a controlled, unstable environment. So what it's doing is it's recruiting so much more neuromuscular fibers to actually help you strengthen your core, lower back and all the connective tissues around your body."