[Football24_7]

...plyometrics on all 7....

Smokey, you and I seem to think alike on training, except for one MAJOR thing!!!!

PLEASE don't do Plyometrics SEVEN days a week!

REAL plyometrics means "loading up" the muscle by placing a larger load on it than it's used to and then asking it to contract completely in the opposite direction of the loaded force. For instance, stepping down off a box and trying to jump up as high and quickly as possible.

It is GREAT training for all "explosive sports" (in some ways, it's the BEST training because it builds a lot of things needed for most sports at once: strength, quickness, coordination and does it while doing athletic MOVEMENTS -- as opposed to lying on a bench or standing flat-footed).

BUT...just because it's GOOD, doesn't mean the more you do it the better.

The analogy would be prescription drugs; if you have pain and your doc wants you to take a narcotic painkiller, taking more of it than is required for your pain isn't going to help. But is IS likely to do more harm in the future.

Because it places a higher amount of STRESS on the joints than regular weightlifting, HIGH-LEVEL Plyometrics REQUIRES a greater amount of "RECOVERY" than regular resistance weightlifting. Weights: recover 48hrs...Plyos: recover 72 hours.

So, that makes the best regimen for Plyos to be TWO days a week. Monday and Thursday or Tuesday and Friday.

But don't take my word for it (you have no idea of my credentials or background). Do a GOOGLE search for "Plyometrics Donald Chu recovery" (Donald Chu is a physiologist that led the way in scientific research on Plyometrics).

Now, there are LOW-LEVEL Plyometrics that do NOT put a great amount of stress on the joints, but are, by definition, "Plyometrics" because there's a "loading-rebounding" action going on -- like JUMP ROPE drills. THESE can be done on a DAILY basis and even on days following "High-Level" Plyos...but again, ONLY if the exercises give a LOW amount of stress to the joints.