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Entering "Plyo" exercises?

Round2KO
Round2KO Posts: 5 Member
edited January 21 in Fitness and Exercise
What is a good alternative for plyo workouts? Should I just use the calories-burned reading from my heart rate monitor and create a plyo workout for myself?

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  • JenMc14
    JenMc14 Posts: 2,389 Member
    If you have a HRM, I'd definitely use the readings from that. I know some plyo movements can be strength type moves like squats and such, but I think the jumping/explosiveness puts them in cardio territory.
  • JNick77
    JNick77 Posts: 3,783 Member
    Various jumps: Lunge Jumps, alternating lunge jumps, squat jumps, frog jumps, box jumps, broad jumps...

    Various push-ups (push yourself off whatever base your on): push-ups off the side of bench / chair, floor, side-to-side, 1arm medicine ball side-to-side

    Medicine Ball: Throws from your chest, throws up in the air from the shoulder. under-hand throws in the air, overhead slams into the ground.

    Some might include tire flips or sledgehammers into a tire

    You can do combinations and supersets of these to exhaustion or you can use them on non-weightlifting days in small sets of short reps to help recovery.
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