by Cliff Pape
Plyometrics is taken very serious by many professional runners, as well as professional athletes in many other sports. Through consistent plyometric training, athletes train their muscles to become more explosive and powerful. For a runner, this may enable them to run faster and win races or it may give them more power when taking off from a starting line, which can be extremely important in sprints.
A plyometric exercise essentially creates maximum force within a muscle group in a very short period of time. Rather than running at a gradual pace and warming up to higher speeds, someone doing plyometric training will load their muscle with force over and over again without the slow warming up phase.
Consider a plyometric exercise called "bounding" for instance. This movement requires the runner to extend his stride as far as possible and lift up their knees in a forceful manner. Then muscles are forced to contract and work faster than they would while running at a normal pace.
Plyometric exercise for a runner can be simple as skipping or hopping. Runners doing this kind of training may put their feet together and hop forward with as much explosive energy as possible, forcing the leg muscles to contract and fire in rapid succession which is not achieved through normal running.
Due to the extra force on the muscles from the exercise, plyometric exercise are typically done in short bursts rather than being sustained for a long time. For example, a runner may skip a short distance and then recover for a minute before skipping again. They could even alternate between skipping, hopping, and other exercises with rests in between.
The result of constant plyometric training is a more powerful run that includes force, which isn't usually achieved by most runners. In order to get great results, runners must set up a regular schedule to include plyometric in their regular exercise routine.
While some runners may use simpler plyometric exercises such as hopping or skipping, those who take this training seriously are aiming to increase their time or become more explosive for shorter races that require speed right from the starting line.
Only runners who are fit and flexible should attempt plyometric exercises and it is preferred that they start out with instruction from a trainer. Due to the explosive nature of the movements, there may be increased risk for injury, especially when done incorrectly.
One of the biggest mistakes that some runners make is to attempt doing very explosive plyometric exercises for an extended period of time. Caution should be taken to do these exercises at full capacity but for a short burst of time. Long term training also requires patience as improvements may not be instantaneous.
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