plyometrics
English
Etymology
From Russian плиометрический (pliometričeskij).
Noun
plyometrics (uncountable)
- A form of exercise that involves the rapid stretching and contracting of muscles to develop muscular power.
- Synonym: (informal) plyos
- 2015, Jill Alexander Essbaum, Hausfrau, Random House 2015, p. 102:
- She was not one of those women who needed to endure complicated half hours of rubbing and prodding and explosive plyometrics before her body tensed and the dam holding back her pleasure burst.