How to Run Faster & Jump Higher

Video Transcript

"Many athletes spend their entire career learning how to jump higher and run faster. I'm CarolAnn with Studio Group X and we're going to do just that. We're going to talk about how you can run faster and jump higher with just a little bit of training. In order to run faster and jump higher there's a couple of things that you need to keep in mind. To run faster you need to incorporate some sprints into your overall routine. So pick out one to two days per week that you're going to do sprint work. And what you can do is you can mark off two hundred and twenty yards. Start from one end and just run as fast as you can. And stop, take a break for about a minute and then do that sprint again. And then eventually over time that amount of time that it takes for you to run 220 yards will decrease. So that you will improve your speeds. So incorporate that about one to two times per week. Now in order to jump higher you need to do a couple of things. Incorporate some plyometric exercises into your overall routines and strengthen your legs through weight training. So plyometric, some examples of plyometrics would be to practice your vertical jump. So you're just going to stand along side a wall and you're just going to take a big, bend in the knees and then jump up as high as you can and touch the wall. Have somebody with you to mark where it was that you touched. And then again you want to try to go even higher when you have that mark up there. So practice some vertical jumps during the week. Also another plyometric move would be to do knee tucks. A big explosive move. So you're just going to bend your knees and then bring your knees up to the chest. And you can do about 10 of those in a row. Take a break for a minute and perform 10 more. And you do three sets of those. Another exercise to work those legs is mountain climbers. So right here. Perform a minute of mountain climbers. Take a break for about 30 seconds and do a total of 10 sets of those. Another great way to increase your speed and power all together is running stairs. So if you can head out to a stadium, look at those bleachers, climb high and fast. And work those legs. So we talked a little bit about how you can run faster and jump higher with just a little bit of effort and I'm CarolAnn with Studio Group X. And get out there and spring those legs."