If you've ever seen people at the gym or the park jumping, hopping or hurling weighted balls to the ground, chances are they were doing plyometric exercises. Examples include: There are many more ...

'Sprinters usually incorporate movements that mimic their sprint mechanics by focusing on force production, elasticity, and coordination. The movements include jumps that emphasise vertical and ...

Speed is a skill, and a skill must be practiced. The skill of speed can be trained anywhere at any time with little or no equipment. Although we use many tools to train speed, such as sleds, bands and ...

Here's a simple example of why strength development is important to speed development. If I want to push a car down the street by myself, I could probably do it. Although it would take me a longer ...

I’ve been told by a reliable source (my husband) that: “We all want ups.” After conversations with multiple fitness experts and a scroll through TikTok—where videos with the hashtag #verticaljump have ...

Anaerobic exercise — a higher intensity, higher power version of exercise — is different from aerobic exercise. Although the term may not be one you’re familiar with, anaerobic exercise is a very ...