Editorial Review:

Take your performance to the next level and beyond! Plyometrics is an essential part of conditioning for all sports requiring strength, power, and speed. High-Powered Plyometrics gives you the advanced exercises and programs used by all top athletes and coaches.

High-Powered Plyometrics is the most advanced, comprehensive guide to explosive power training for athletes, coaches, and conditioning experts. This book covers it all, from the principles of high-intensity plyometric training to the development of long- and short-term training programs for 21 sports. More than 360 photos illustrate 77 exercises to increase upper-, middle-, and lower-body power. Exercise descriptions and intensity guidelines provide step-by-step instructions to ensure correct technique and proper workload.

Go beyond basic conditioning and develop the explosive power that will give you an edge on the competition.

Customer Reviews:

Avg. Customer Rating: 3.5 / 5.0

It served its purpose for me:

My complaints about this book would be the technical/sports science explanations of how plyometric training works and benefits an athlete left me feeling like I have attention deficit disorder when trying to read and understand them. Many of the exercises featured even if done with perfect form look like injuries waiting to happen and I won't ever bother even trying them. Also there is nothing on plyometric pushups and for that matter there are no upper body exercises except those involving the core and... more info

Better than the Donald Chu book:

I was disappointed with the Donald Chu book Jumping into Plyometrics. High Powered Plyometrics by Radcliffe and Farentinos is the real deal as far as I'm concerned. More complete. More detailed.

Beware Beginners:

I purchased this book because I am familiar with plyometrics, having done them years ago in high school athletics. But, I am an adult now, and wanted to reacquaint myself with some plyometric exercises to give me an edge in my running.
I found this book was a bit too inaccessible for me, and ended up returning it. It's very technical and scientific, even to me-- and, I consider myself pretty knowlegeable in terms of exercise, running and fitness.
If you already use plyometrics and are looking for... more info

A great introductory plyometric book:

This book is worth the price ($14) alone just for the plyometric routines in the back of the book. The description and science behind plyometrics are excellent and easy to read. My only complaint about the book is that some of the exercises are hard to grasp from the given instructions.

I knew of several lower body plyometric moves, but the amount of upper body ones in the book are impressive. You will need a medicine ball for most of the upper body ones, as well as plyo boxes for some of the lower body... more info

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