Jumping on bars with only hands.

[microhard]

Now this is power.

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=u9V3_r6eIiY

[mai tai]

not plyometric and not all that impressive.

yeah a feat of strength and is ahows a goodamount of conditioning but nothing awesome

[microhard]

What do you mean by plyometrics? Only leg jumping?

[mai tai]

A plyometric contraction involves first a rapid eccentric movement, followed by a short amortization phase, then an explosive concentric movement, which enables the synergistic muscles to engage in the myotatic-stretch reflex during the stretch-shortening cycle.


like a box jump.......jump off box and hit the ground...causing the rapid eccentric movement

the imideatly jump causing the explosive contraction.

they can be done upper or lower body

[Red Bull]

The thing he does at the beginning is not, I'll agree, plyometric. But towards the end he was obvously doing plyometrics...

[slipthejab]

Interesting. I've seen them done on the Bachar ladder before... but I was always more impressed with the guys who did on a big fat manilla hemp rope. When I used to live down in Venice they've got a nice long one hanging near where the gymnastic rings with swivels are. I used to be able to go up it hand over hand... no feet.... but lol... not down it as well. :D

At the moment I'm trying to design something similar for my patio that allows me to go up a decent distance when starting off of my butt. Ideally a chin up bar set up that I can run rings off of as well and a manila rope with a big d-ring on it... and maybe even a Bachar ladder We'll see... I wonder if the neighbors will freak when they see it being put up.:D

[Yohan]

No plyometrics, but great upper body strength there.