Plyometrics to burn fat and increase power

Plyometrics help you lose fat and build speed and power. Traditional strength training increases muscle strength. Plyometrics prepare you to exert the maximum amount of strength in the shortest time possible. 

Plyometrics strengthen your tendons and ligaments. They keep you injury free.

How many times have you heard that a soccer player got injured or a basketball player needs to undergo surgery for a ruptured tendon.

Plyometrics help strengthen your tendons and ligaments, something which traditional strength training ignores, and keeps you injury free.

Examples of plyometric exercises include

• Squat Jumps
• Hand clasp push ups

Squat Jumps

Drop down into the squat position fast, and then without stopping push yourself up and spring into the air.

Land on your feet and quickly drop down into the squat position again, and repeat by pushing yourself up as fast as you can and into the air.


Hand clasp pushups


Get into the pushup position and lower your body quickly to the floor.

Without stopping at the bottom position push yourself up as fast and as hard as you can so that your hands leave the floor.

Clap your hands together while you are in the air and then fall on your hands going down into the bottom of the push up position and then again push yourself up as fast and as hard as you can to repeat.

There are many other plyometric exercises you can try, but these two should be good enough to get you started.

Remember plyometrics will enable you to fight better when you need to since they will enable you to hit harder and they will allow you to run faster. They will help you survive dangerous situations.

And they will vastly improve your sports performance.