 could you come close the door this door thanks buddy oh man youtube oh man youtube it's snowing it's a little chilly and yes the internet is out at our house i created the live event about uh two hours ago and then probably maybe 15 minutes later the internet went out so i tried to do make it work through my phone but the data was just not fast enough therefore we had to push it again this one is not on me this one is not on me all right this is the internet who knows maybe it's because it's snowing out i don't know why the internet went out but we are rescheduling for today if you're watching this on thursday february 7th noon mountain time so 2 p.m east coast 11 a.m west coast central time 1 a 1 p.m and then europe yes shout out to europe and i want to talk about europe actually in the live stream and guess what guess who just pulled up the internet provider all right we're gonna fix this they're sending out all the troops today a van a truck thank you thank you the internet is fixed just crazy just insanity but they came in an hour and they fixed it i'm glad we postponed rescheduled the live stream for tomorrow actually well when you're watching this today okay time to go out running the snow may need the ski goggles today may need the ski goggles today we'll see it's get it's coming down out there going with a speedcross forest today with the screws in the bottom last time it snowed i opted not to take these out and i regretted it it was it was basically hidden ice under the snow and so anyway that today is definitely gonna be a speed cross forward it's not really snowing that hard but i have had these snow goggles in my running bag for maybe 18 months and i'm like we got to use them we got to use them at least once this year so hopefully the snow actually picks up a little bit so i can actually you know i can validate that okay i should keep i should hold on to these and there you have it there you have it 13 miles let's see uh 21 kilometers oh man it's cold but it's not snowing that hard i definitely didn't need the goggles per se but it was fun to use them okay two strides now and then here in the park so this is a park near my house i'm going to start doing the plyometrics and this is just the beginning of the discussion on i should probably take these on this is just the beginning of the of the discussion for plyometrics today and basically because the internet went out i lost like an hour and a half of my day two hours almost two hours really and so it's you know kind of threw the whole day off that's okay we will continue and go into more detail about different plyometric exercises and form drill i want i don't want to say drills but i'm just going to say form drills for now uh with all of you okay it's freezing i gotta keep moving there you have it there you have it i can't feel my fingers we gotta get back to the studio uh talk about this what i just did and listen this is just very introductory discussion about plyometrics this is not all the details about the different exercises you can do okay come on oh it's freezing what are plyometrics and what do what do they accomplish what do the movements accomplish recruit so this is okay and again this is not a this is not going to be a detailed video about how to do plyometrics even though you're going to see me on the screen like right now you're going to see me doing some i will make more videos very soon about like specific uh technique for plyometrics and how to actually do them and why to do them and how they will benefit your running and your running form rather i want to talk more about my experience with plyometrics and begin the discussion yes down in the comments around the topic of plyometrics okay and so what do plyometric movements actually accomplish there's i would say there's actually a lot of different ways that plyometric movements can improve your running a couple recruiting fast twitch muscle fibers so we're all through our genetics we're all given different uh different types of muscles in our body usain bolt had i would guess has a lot of fast twitch muscle fibers i would guess that uh very accomplished uh ultra runners and marathon runners lean more toward the slow twitch muscle fibers although i would say like the world record holders in the marathon they at this point in the running history of the world that they also have fast twitch muscle fibers like they're going so fast for so long like there's no way that they can hold that type of pace like 442 pace for kipchogi like that's crazy like that's really fast that's really fast so i would bet and yes he has as you many of you know he's got he's very accomplished on the track at the 10k and 5k distance as well so um so anyway plyometric movements can improve and recruit your fast twitch muscle fibers in addition strengthening your tendons and your joints so as runners we tend to do the same straightforward movements over and over and over again and that's why runners get so many overuse injuries and that would actually probably be my third point is that what can plyometric movements do for your overall running and training is that injury prevention so because we do like we're not soccer players we're not basketball players we're definitely not hockey players like those guys they're cutting they're moving they're jumping up and down they're doing they're firing different muscle groups throughout their entire body whereas distance runners we are going forward for hours and hours and hours on end every single week and therefore we get overuse injuries in our body like oh like like runners knee or plantar fasciitis or uh stress fractures you know as far as the bones are concerned when we begin to add plyometric movements to our overall training plan what we are doing is firing different muscles and tendons and usage of different joints especially all over our body but especially below the waist that we would not typically use in long distance running because as runners we just love going straightforward so that's a really really important point is that we can prevent injuries through these plyometric movements and lastly the plyometric movements that I will talk more about in future videos you're seeing a couple on your screen right now but explosion especially if you're in high school or college like the the 800 definitely the 800 the mile all the way up to 10k I would even say the half marathon to a certain extent and the marathon to a certain extent but anything under the 10k like that explosion because guess what if you're really trying to race that type of distance you got to be fast you got to be aerobically fit but your body like your legs need to be tuned up to their to their highest ability uh because if you're going to stick with people and if you're going to push off and explode forward down that track or over that cross country course like or down the road like we're at whatever disc whatever surface you're racing on um that that push off power and we're not going to talk too much about this but that push off power from like right through your midfoot if you're a heel striker uh even if you're a heel striker but especially like midfoot to uh forefoot and then that toe off and then explosion forward uh the suppleness and the torque that you're putting on your achilles and yes through the fascia on the bottom of your foot like it's all that it's a chain it's a chain from your toes all the way up your body all the way up to your lower back like it's just a chain reaction um and so these plyometric movements are helping explode these muscles and improve their overall yes you know how i love this word the overall suppleness of your muscles and tendons and listen i would love to do more testing at some point with a power meter or getting into a exercise physiology lab to really test uh like what is my overall power through my stride uh so anyway those are some reasons why you should consider adding plyometrics to your overall training plan okay and so the combination of this stretching and contracting helps whip your muscles into shape that i there's no other way to say it like it just helps whip your muscles into shape in conclusion i'm a fan i'm a fan of plyometrics look at it this way if you are running 70 miles a week with 5 000 feet of vertical gain and you're doing 20 strides every single week and i'm running 70 miles a week and doing 5 000 feet of vertical gain and doing 20 strides every week that means we're even what sets us apart what sets us apart well a little bit of it a little bit of it is genetics of course but is it it can plyometrics set you apart from your competition that is the question if your competition is not doing these exercises do you have a leg up on them that's my last thought okay keyword plyometrics can you spell it can you spell it youtube family and the question of the day have you ever done plyometric movements in your overall training if you have what was your experience how did your body react to these movements if you have not are you interested are you interested in learning more and if you're not that's okay if you're just trust me i get it i get it i get it we're all busy first of all it does take more time and guess what it's it's kind of hard on the body like it takes time to develop the muscle fibers even the bone density uh to a certain extent we'll talk more about that at some point uh so that is the question of the day thank you for being here guess what i'm off to elton john and yes if you're watching this on thursday february 7th the live stream is at noon today mountain time we're gonna talk about europe we're gonna talk about mountain lions and yes we will open it up to a live q&a you're the best thank you for being here thank you for watching oh you got this plyometrics you got this can you spell it youtube see beauty work hard