Plyometrics

Your weekly guided tour of the best new research and articles on running from around the web.

What is plyometric training and how can it benefit you?

If you only have a few minutes a week for strength work, do these exercises to improve running economy and reduce injuries.

Training for maximum velocity is essential to run your best. These four key exercises will improve your power and speed.

Dathan Ritzenhein shows how strength training for running needs to be strategic, individualized and modified over time.

Plyometrics build running power and efficiency, but they are intense. Here's how to begin safely.

Produce greater power by training the muscles to contract more quickly and forcefully from an actively pre-stretched position.

Adding anaerobic training to your regimen will increase speed and power while keeping you healthy.

Race faster at the same effort level by improving the "springiness" in your legs.

And how well do skills from other sports translate back to running?

This video demonstrates two key jumping exercises you can start doing right now to take your running to new heights.

Bruce Lee's one-inch punch: Implications on running mechanics.