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Plyometrics For Change of Direction
“Bang” it’s all over – the greatest athletes have somehow got to the where the action is faster than their rivals before you’ve had time to blink. They have powerfully...
Plyometrics #5 Very High Intensity Option
In the final post in our plyometric series we climb to the top of the plyo tree with an introduction to very high intensity options. Our series has taken you...
PLYO SERIES #4 - LET'S GET HIGH AND GO FAR FASTER! HIGH INTENSITY OPTIONS
Just how do elite athletes change direction so quickly? How do they leave lesser mortals in their dust with their first steps? How do they have skyrocket powered vertical jumps?...
PLYO SERIES #3 Plyometrics Intermediate Options - More of all that good speed stuff
Regular plyo training will increase the rapid fire of your stretch-reflex. You’ll get more bang for your buck – no scratch that ground contact. The Drills - 1: Straight leg bounds - 2: Straight leg hops - 3: Fast double-foot jump sequence - 4: Bounds - 5: Hurdle jumps
Plyo Series #2 - Getting Started: Low Intensity Variants
Plyometric training boosts speed, power and agility. Your Antepes Muscle Runners are the perfect tool to get even more from these explosive training drills.
Because your dynamic speed training shoes are designed to get you off the ground faster and in a more effective way for sprint and speed training you’re going to be in a great place (literally) to super-charge your plyometric power training.
How Antepes Muscle Runners will make you faster - All you need to know
Antepes Muscle Runners are the training shoe designed to specifically increase running and sprint speed. To achieve these goals they are packed full of numerous innovative features – including a...
Indoor Sprinting: Muscle Runners are the sprint shoe of choice when you can’t wear spikes
There are facilities notably in the US where you can’t wear spikes, but you can train and race. You can see how this could be a dilemma. What are you...
Strong Foundations
Ask an athlete what the key speed muscles are and they’ll probably say the quads or maybe hamstrings. The foot, ankle and lower leg muscles tend not to be a...
Avoiding Gapology - Building a speed plan #4 Reaping the sprint seeds
In our previous three posts in this series, we have taken you on a journey starting from how to best prepare and plan your autumn/fall training, to transfer, to relevant...
Avoiding Gapology - Building a speed base #2 Growing the sprint seeds
Last post we considered how to avoid gaposis when autumn/fall training for speed. In overview we considered why it’s important not to do too much general preparation work. Remember the...
Avoiding Gapology - Building a speed base #3 Cultivating the sprint seeds
In this series of four posts (do check back on numbers 1 & 2 if you haven’t already done so) we look at speed preparation and planning for the autumn/fall...
Avoiding Gapology - Building a speed base #1 Sowing the sprint seeds
At this time of the year (autumn/fall) many sprint-based athletes will be starting their training for the next season. They will commence with a building phase – a phase which...
