IMPROVING ROWING WITH PLYOMETRICS

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By Joe DeLeo

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Plyometrics are a series of quick, explosive skills that form the bridge between strength and power/speed movements. Plyometrics condition the muscles and connective tissue to express greater amounts of power by improving rate of force development, elastic energy storage and transfer of force across the body (1,4,11). Do plyometrics provide a minimalist option to improve rowing performance?

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