Plyometrics and YOU

WHAT THE HECK IS PLYOMETRICS??

Plyometric exercises are those used to build speed and agility by forcing quick execution by large muscle groups. This may sound to many non-athletes like it has nothing to offer you, but hear me out on this.

simply put...

JUMPING OVER STUFF BURNS FAT AND TONES MUSCLE. 

Get the picture?

Here's a little drill I put together that'll have you screaming and sweating as calories get fried and your physique gets toned.

1. set out 6 items (anything less than a foot tall, possibly books,  drinking cups, shoes, heck ANYTHING) in a row in an empty floor space, about 1 yard apart.
2. Begin taking lateral strides (that means running sideways) over each item, back and forth down the row until you've gone 5 times in both directions.
3. Execute 1 minute of jumping jacks (with no rest period between the first exercise and this one!)
4. Execute 25 crunches on the floor next to your row of hurdles.
5. Now, pushups! Station yourself so that you are in pushup position (for you ladies, you may execute this with your knees on the floor) with one hand on each side of your first hurdle. Execute a pushup. Slide down 1 hurdle after every pushup and move up and down the hurdle row 2 times, continuing to crank out 1 pushup at every station. 
6. REPEAT. TWICE. Three full circuits of this drill should should have you sweating and ready for water. It should also burn 100-200 calories in just 15 minutes.