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Plyometric Exercise

The word “plyometric” comes from the Greek word pliometric (“plio” meaning increase and “metric” meaning measure), meaning “to increase the measurement.”Plyometric exercise is defined as a lengthening of the muscle-tendon unit followed directly by a shortening of the muscle-tendon unit. To put it simply, you are quickly putting a stretch on a muscle before quickly contracting or shortening the same muscle. [more...]

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