Plyometric exercises can help you jump higher, run faster and longer, reduce sporting injury risk and boost muscle and bone ...

Photo by cottonbro studio/Pexels If you've ever seen people at the gym or the park jumping, hopping or hurling weighted balls ...

Examples of plyometric exercises include burpees, squat jumps, and box jumps. Plyometrics originated in track and field and was used by many athletes in Russia and Eastern Europe during training.