upper body plyo???

[McVein]

i have been using plyometrics for my legs a lot latley, and have found them extreeeemley benificial....and i was wondering is there much plyo for upper body, and what they are....

thanks


(i didnt know where to post this.......)

[laxguy1028]

http://www.exrx.net/Lists/PowerExercises.html
has some upper body and core plyo moves

[McVein]

thanks man...is core and chest the only upper body plyo can be used for yea?????

[laxguy1028]

You can do upperbody lifts explosivly which might help you for example barbell rows

[McVein]

what do you mean by explosivley?

[laxguy1028]

Exploding the weight up when you pull it

[McVein]

oh...now that youve repeated it.....pennys dropped!!...

do you mean just pull it up faster??

[KingWilder]

yes, when pushing or pulling just do it fast...and do the negative portion of the lift slowly ex. bench: slowly lower to your chest, "explode"/push fast up

[McVein]

cool thanks guys

[Bob]

And just remember, any type of throwing motion is Plyometric... throwing a football, baseball or a medicine ball..

Throwing medicine balls against the wall are good.. if your gym allow it...

I like throwing a 8kg/18 lb medicine ball overhead while lying on a balance ball.. so you are throwing up to the sky... and then catching it, either with your arms stretched or in your chest/gut..

And have you ever seen those kip up pullups... those are explosive for the back/arms..

[neon]

kip up pullups?

[laxguy1028]

kipping pullups, used by crossfit. it is a explosive movement that is easier then the regular dead hang pullup but also more tiring

[McVein]

how do you do 'em??

[Absolute]

http://www.crossfit.com/cf-video/eva-on-kipping.wmv
Kipping Video

There you go.

[McVein]

................how do you do a kip pushup???

thats a pullup

[droman]

yeah medicine ball exercises are great also clap push ups. or using a real light weight and throwing it up but i wouldn't recommmentd doing this. The technology will soon be there were they have the bench throw but not yet.

[Absolute]

kipping pullups, used by crossfit. it is a explosive movement that is easier then the regular dead hang pullup but also more tiring

You'll have to figure out how to do a kipping push-up on your own. I don't know what those are.