Here at NordicTrackCoupons.com we know many of our readers are runners, and with that being said, what’s the one thing most of you runners are aiming for when it comes to improving your runs? Lowering your running times and achieving faster speed results. But how are you going to do that is the question we really need to be addressing! According to an article from LiveStrong.com Plyometric Exercises for Running Speed, “If you want to become a faster runner, plyometric exercises can put some speed in your step.”

First let’s go over what plyometric exercises are exactly so we’re all up to “speed” here (pun intended). According to Wikipedia the definition of plyometrics are exercises that use “explosive, fast-acting movements to develop muscular power and to improve overall speed…allows muscles to exert maximum force in the shortest amount of time possible.”

Plyometric exercises include exercises that usually involve jumping of some sort. Some examples include: jumping in the air, landing and then immediately pushing back out into another jump; jumping off a box onto the floor and onto another higher box; barrier lateral jumps; and the ever most popular burpee. [Read more…]