Great to see John looking well.

If John was my school science teacher, I'd be an astronaut right now...

as many years athlete since young age, i would say atheltics gave me a strong muscular basics, but all athletes do gym workout as a tool to increase their strength and muscle mass. and THEN this new mass get use to coordination and speed with pliometric exercices. but the gym is the first step, pliometrics was used to increase speed as nervous system

Good advice! I had a kid who was performing 200+ reps of "plyometrics" every other day before I met him under the understanding that he would become supra-sportsman. He complained of heavy knee pain and could not go beyond a half squat... because all he did was plyometrics. That was a fun time

Thanks John for making all the videos, the fact that your a Christian family man who like body building makes me wanna be more like you!

When you have a heart attack and still look better than 99% of everyone of the health influencers on the Internet 💪👏👏

I don't care what anyone says. My quads only grow if I do bodyweight squats followed by jump squats. If squatting with weight being a higher load did nothing and removing the weight an adding jump squats blew my legs up then YES. YES THEY DO. It comes down to your muscle fibre types. My father was a pro athlete and a sprinter

John, I've been studying this for 10+ years and that was the best and simplest way I've ever heard this described. Thanks man.

Definitely will be implementing some of these explosive movements in to my leg routine. Great for athletes as well looking to build up their explosiveness for their particular sport. Great work as usual John.

You’re right John. Incorporating them is a great idea and works in conjunction WITH resistance training for muscular hypertrophy. 👍

Would love to see a plyometric workout! Thank you for the info John glad you’re doing good!

ALRIGHT HYDERABADI

There's the red granite shirt!!! Ever since I bought it it has been the best shirt I have ever owned! Love it.

The BEST explanation of plyometric training, I have heard . . .SO well done. Thanks, John and Welcome Back!

It's amazing that you're back at it so soon after what you went through. Indestructible like Wolverine.

Great video 👍, I've been doing a lot of plymetric work during lockdown - definitely feel fitter but will be very interesting to see if I've gone stronger when gyms finally reopen here in the UK

I compete in a novel throwing sport and I’m sure after watching this you could help no end. I 100% will be in touch soon very soon hoping you will take me on board one of your programmes.

Excellent video John! Been wondering about this for a few days before you uploaded this!

That structure is similar or even identical to the one on construction cables. Layers of cables around thinner cables. At the end all this muscle growth and breaking the fibers is the same as studied on science of materials or fracture mechanics. The fibers, how it break, the coalescence of micro holes to expand the fracture, the minimun tension to create that state, the fatigue. Its all the same. You can break the hole thing with to much tension or you can break micro fibers with less tension over time or during a cycle of positive and negative repetitive charges because of fatigue.

Great Information.....John is always putting out the truth and facts...many bodybuilder video's are "staged" with "their" product constantly displayed and/or talked about. This is not how John Meadows works...he really wants to help you understand how to get where you want to go...Thanks again John

Man I love how you hear that happiness in the hiiiiiii everybody in the beginning. Wholesome af

this was the perfect timing man. i just woke up thinking about starting to do plyo movements for some reason. i dont focus on bodybuilding and i have neve used them before, but i guess i will now.

You put more effort into that introduction than I do for my home workouts

thank you john for this amazing content, love the way you break the basics down, even if its just for a minute! can never have a too good understanding of the basic principles at work! much love to you and yours!

I built a pretty solid squat foundation before weighted squats with 5 sets of 20 jump squats last year but the thing was that after all the jump squats, I had such sore legs

John this is really good information. You are a great bodybuilder and you can still speak on Strength and Conditioning. We need a John Meadows Book of Methods. Also one of the advantages of doing conjugate you are encouraged to learn several methods.

Thank You, First Class Information As Usual.

John you're looking great bud. Appreciate everything you do. To you and the fam, stay safe!!!

Love from Thailand, my friend!

Glad to see you’re back and looking healthy John!

Hi John it’s great to see you back and looking well. I hope all is ok with you now. I’ve never done plyometrics, I’d much rather just the good old stair master🤣🤣

Hey John, good to see you up and thanks for your honesty.

Sometimes on leg day I'll do 10 jump squats, or jumps onto a plyo box, then go immediately and do squats. I'll also do them backwards sometimes where I'll squat first then do 10 jump squats immediately after. Sets your quads on fire.

Haha, I'm in SC, we're getting the same weather. It's gonna be a hot summer, I think. Looking great, John. You never skip a beat. Take care of yourself, OK? Was awesome to see you back on ProM, by the way! We love you on there.

Great content John! Pls do a video on whether calisthenics build muscle in the long term

super informative! packed with good info.

Great Info! Was really wondering about this

Always a great day when there is a new John Meadows video. Looking great. Have you ever done any training for amputees?

Glad to see you doing well!

Love the science John, really useful 👍. Sooo good to see you looking well.

Thank you MD! Great to see such content.

Request: We want to hear, the long story long. :))))) A full series on how muscle is built. And nervous system. Please

Thanks for the video John. I always learn something great from you.

Great discussion! I've been wondering about this exact topic!

Can’t wait to see the info for the kids. Got my 10 yr old getting ready for conditioning for football to start up when we can amass again. Need to get him going. Thanks.

Hi john really good to see you looking so well 👍know it’s going to be a little while before we see u back blasting the plates but it’s just great to see our mountain dog back helping us stay motivated and pushing take care big guy stay safe all 👍👊

*I don't care.....I'm just super happy that you have recovered.*

Hypertrophic exercise needs 2 things: 1. High effort (high-threshold motor units are recruited) 2. Slow muscle fiber contraction speed (lots of actin-myosin crossbridges)

Imagine being lucky enough 2 have this guy coach you

Last week I did single leg box jumps and let's just say I'm shopping around for some turmeric/curcumin supplements now.

I increased my power, lateral quickness and vertical tons using plyometrics and absolutely no lifting. Went from touching rim to consistently being able to 2 hand dunk. Could have been just me aging from 16-17 tho. Take that for what it's worth.

I loved plyo and speed ladder days is HS. I need to add these back in someplace in my training.

Looking great Mr. Meadows. Thank you.

Looking good, John!

Spot on topic,thanks John!

We are happy to see u♥️♥️♥️

Thanks for the videos John.

Thank you John. Great stuff.

You look great John! Welcome back.

Wow. Thank you, this was incredibly informative!

that's badass.. I love the explanation

The enduring mountain dog is back on the trail again!!

This is a cool topic....thanks John..

Who is that lady at 6:30 ? I think those subtle illustrations you put throughout the video on muscle fibers etc were enhancing your video quality greatly John!

Looking good Big John! Plyometrics are fun and challenging nonetheless. Thanks for the knowledge.

brother I missed you and I'm happy to see you going strong

I thought I understood this stuff until I watched this VERY helpful vid. Many thanks.

I'm sure plyometrics are great, but I'm gonna just watch the young guys do them.. I don't want to rupture an acchillies tendon.. You're looking healthy and well John!

I use a slam ball, shot put, and "bouncing" pushups on the bosu ball. if I do clapping pushups, at my weight, they kill my wrists and shoulders, so doing them on the Bosu ball is perfect, no more than three reps as they also trash your core.

Another good video john👍

Looking forward to the kids video. My son will be starting football again in August.

Yes. Increased power and speed is connected to improved neuromuscular efficiency and hypertrophy.

Happy to see you healthy God bless

Looks like someone has upped the tripod and camera game haha

Looking good john ! Nice video btw

Hey john awesome stuff man 👍

I would love for you to create a general athletic program with the mountaindog principles. Instant buy!

Thank you John🙏. Where in the program would you incorporate plyometrics? Would you do them before strength training or after? Or maybe on a completely different day? ❤️

Good video Mdog!

Great stuff Coach. I have always improved my efficiency with weights as my plyo metric exercises improved. I agree that the strength base has to be the foundation. Have you experimented with plyo metrics to determine if you were ready for a big strength workout?

Good to see you well and halthy

Thank you John

John you looking super healthy in this vid!!

Awesome!!

I have a love/hate relationship with plyo as I prefer weights to any type of cardio but plyo is effective. I remember one of my coaches having me do my plyo in a football field using the stands and park benches (and other fun stuff like suicide sprints on the field). I used to do a 'nervous pee' before going to that field as I dreaded that training and I wanted to be completely empty before doing it. lol

💪💜Glade yur doing well🙏

"Alright hi everybody, John Meadows here" And once again, everything in the universe was alright for 3 seconds straight

The part you're here for 5:30.

Great minds as I literally participated in an Instagram Live today to talk about how to break through plateaus during Covid and one of the things I mentioned was doing plyo.

No more box jumps. Lost my balance and I almost got my chest punctured on one of the pillars

love you johnny

Alright everybody!!!

I do pushups where I go down slow then explode on the way up. Pseudoplyometrics

Also Glad to see your doing better,

Hey John, do you think people should deadlift if they only want size and don't care about strength? Also, great to see you looking very healthy

So interesting! Athletic training please 🙏

Answer at 5:32

So that is why the dynamic effort doesn't build muscle right ?? (Talking about the first 5 min )

Thanks John 🙌🏽💯

God bless you brother !