Great points in regards to box jumping. Trainees who are going to use box jumping as a form of conditioning should jump onto the box and then step down rather than jumping down. Jumping off a box is more stressful than jumping onto a box, which involves less impact in the landing. Using plyometric box jumps as a form of energy system conditioning, especially for high repetitions and as part of a circuit, is simply too stressful on the bones and connective tissues and increases the risk of injury. It also will do little to develop power. Here is the link to read the entire blog. charlespoliquin/ArticlesMultimedia/Articles/Article/1019/A_Few_Things_to_Know_about_Plyometric_Box_Jumps.aspx
Posted on: Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:41:01 +0000
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