{"id":812,"date":"2008-07-28T15:30:56","date_gmt":"2008-07-28T20:30:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/07\/top-5-simple-plyometric-exercises\/"},"modified":"2008-07-28T15:31:40","modified_gmt":"2008-07-28T20:31:40","slug":"top-5-simple-plyometric-exercises","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/07\/top-5-simple-plyometric-exercises\/","title":{"rendered":"Top 5 Simple Plyometric Exercises"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/07\/plyometrics.jpg\" title=\"plyometrics\" alt=\"plyometrics\" align=\"right\" height=\"187\" width=\"150\" \/>Plyometrics\u00a0are\u00a0generally used as a sport specific\u00a0type of training. This type of exercise consists of fast powerful movements and muscle contractions to increase speed, power, strength, flexibility, and improving overall performance. The muscle is loaded with an eccentric (lengthening) action, followed immediately by a concentric (shortening) action. Plyometric exercise is used in almost every sport. This is a great way to incorporate a new routine into your program if needed.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Top 5 Simple\u00a0Plyometric Exercises<\/strong><br \/>\n<script src=\"http:\/\/www.physicalfitnet.com\/video_syndication\/embed\/js.aspx?chid=136&amp;pid=7CD58ACC584612579209C593BF6B6F47\" type=\"text\/javascript\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong>1. Cable Squat Jump<\/strong>&#8211; Good for total body strength and endurance: 3 sets of 20<\/p>\n<p><strong>2. Medicine Ball Chest Pass<\/strong>&#8211; Good for upper body power, explosion, and endurance: 3 sets of 20 to 30<\/p>\n<p><strong>3. Squat Medicine Ball Side Throw<\/strong>&#8211; Good for lower\/lower body endurance and core strength: 3 sets of 20<\/p>\n<p><strong>4. Vertical Jump With Arms\u00a0In Air<\/strong>&#8211;\u00a0Good for total body explosion and endurance: 3 sets of 20 to 30<\/p>\n<p><strong>5.\u00a0Medicine Ball\u00a0Toss Sit-Ups With Rotation<\/strong>&#8211;\u00a0Good for core\u00a0strength and endurance: 3 sets of 20 to 30<\/p>\n<p>Check out all of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/author\/matt\/\" title=\"fitness tips\" target=\"_blank\">Matt&#8217;s Top 5 Fitness Tips<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Plyometrics\u00a0are\u00a0generally used as a sport specific\u00a0type of training. This type of exercise consists of fast powerful movements and muscle contractions to increase speed, power, strength, flexibility, and improving overall performance. The muscle is loaded with an eccentric (lengthening) action, followed &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/07\/top-5-simple-plyometric-exercises\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[2248],"class_list":["post-812","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fitness","tag-plyometrics"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/812","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=812"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/812\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=812"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=812"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=812"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}