ACM Performance

Let's talk about the Hurdle Jumps and why they are important in different sports.

The hurdle jump is a great exercise that combines leg work with cardio. It is one of the most common workout routines in plyometric training.

What is Plyometrics?

Plyometrics training is a combination of stretching and contracting the muscles at a high pace is an intense, high-impact movement.

Plyometrics can contribute immensely to your body’s capability. Performing these exercises on a regular basis can increase your power, muscle control, balance, kicking, jumping, speed, and even bone density.

The hurdle jump exercises are a fantastic way to work on your jumping and landing skills and prepare yourself for more high-level plyometric exercises.

The depth Jump into hurdle jump will improve reactive and eccentric strength.

Reactive jumps demonstrate an athlete’s ability to rapidly change from an eccentric motion to a concentric muscular contraction and are an expression of dynamic explosive vertical jump capacity.

Lateral Hurdle Jumps.

This type of jumping will help you improve your lateral jumping power and the ability to change direction quickly, this ability is important in many track fields The ability to change direction will help athletes to evade their opponent to shoot, pass or receive the ball, or quickly transition to pressing an opponent in possession to block or disrupt their pass or shot on goal.

You have ALL of the answers.
Just look in the mirror and
understand that

- our skeleton is made of bones
- bones connect to bones to form joints
- joints have muscles that cross them
- when muscles contract they create movement
- to create movement a message must get sent from your brain

If muscles are the wrong lengths, then the message will get messed and movement will be altered.

Just look in the mirror.

If you are out of alignment, then your muscles are the wrong lengths.

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Don’t you just love a good leg day?

Squats and deadlifts, lunges and thrusts, when the glutes and quads are pumped from all these flexions and extensions…
As if there are no adductions and abductions in the world.

You’re probably not doing enough of those, but there are a few valuable reasons to start inserting more adduction and abduction exercises into your routine:

💡 Weak hip adductors are one of the most common risk factors for groin injury in sports. Strengthening the adductors will help prevent injuries of that sort.

💡 The adductors assist both in hip flexion and hip extension (depending on the specific muscle), meaning that strengthening them will contribute to your workout’s regular hip flexion and extension.

💡 The gluteus medius stabilises the pelvis, so strengthening it will help with overall performance and especially with unilateral leg exercises.

💡 Hip abductor weakness may lead to compensatory movement in the lower back, hip, and knee, leading to pain and postural problems.

We find these reasons to be pretty convincing.
It’s time to dedicate at least a few minutes a week to training your hip adductors and abductors.

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