The humble jump rope offers an impressive workout, combining high-intensity effort with core engagement to work up a sweat that also boosts cardiovascular health. Ahead, you’ll learn the ...

Plyometric exercise has revolutionized how athletes build explosive strength. Discover its science and benefits for improving performance in sports.

These are high-intensity activities that require the body to absorb a lot of impact when landing on the ground or catching ...

One often overlooked advantage of trampoline training is its significant improvement in balance and coordination. Every ...

Can’t or don’t want to jump? It’s more than possible to still get a high-impact workout without putting your knees under too much pressure, as four PTs explain. A few years ago, my favourite ...

Callisthenics exercises offer some of the cardio benefits of a run, and some of the muscular benefits of a lifting session.

Thelma Hopkins set a new women's high jump world record in Belfast in May 1956 and won Olympic Games silver six months later in Melbourne 1956 Olympic high jump silver medallist Thelma Hopkins ...

If you've ever seen people at the gym or the park jumping, hopping or hurling weighted balls to the ground, chances are they were doing plyometric exercises. There are many more examples of ...