What sort of Plyometric and Calesthenics do you use for conditioning. I'm looking for some exercises to add to my daily regimen. Any info would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
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Get the team quest training dvd. It has a bunch of workouts that they do.Very good polymetric exercises on there.
The Team Quest Strength & Conditioning DVD, which is available at www.tqfc.com in their store, shows a lot of differen plyometric exercises with the medicine ball, box jump sequences, etc.
You can also check out CrossFit, www.crossfit.com - it's an excellent strength & conditioning program used by a bunch of fighters and other elite athletes. They have video/photo clips of a lot of their exercises and put up free daily workouts.
ttt
Plyos can be a lot of stress on your body if you're not ready for them, and there is a definate progression in the complexity of the drills. A newbie to plyos should not be doing depth jumps, for instance. Box jumps, jumping squats, etc are fine for most people.
Crossfit is damn good and a perfect place to start.
I don't know if these even count as plyometrics/ calisthenics, but I do a lot of penetration steps from a boxing stance, so that means concentrating on the level change before stepping.
Jumping/Monkey Jump Squats
Hindu/Sliding/Dive Bomber Pushups
Sprint Hills and Stairs
Advanced Jump Rope
check out trainsforstrength.com. Click on workouts. They have lots of good routins and exercises.
the jump squats feel like a better overall exercise than just about all the other hopping plyos. for me anyway. i tend to get more injuries doing some of the other ones, and feel like its less of a workout.
ttt
Plyos can be a lot of stress on your body if you're not ready for them, and there is a definate progression in the complexity of the drills. A newbie to plyos should not be doing depth jumps, for instance. Box jumps, jumping squats, etc are fine for most people.
I couldn't agree with this more. If someone can't do sets of jumping squats in perfect form (with proper intra/intermuscular coordination, etc) then he/she has NO business doing any more advanced reactive or plyometric activities. If you really care about what you're doing you've got to make sure you're doing things right from the start.