How to Add Plyometrics to Your Run Training When it comes to plyometric training, a little goes a long way. “One to two times a week is more than enough,” Buckingham says.

Crush ten minutes of extensive plyos and you’ll be ready for “intensive plyometrics,” which are similar to that 1960s depth jump. You’ll do just a few reps of each drill twice a week.

If you are looking to shave seconds (or even minutes) off your run times, you might think the answer is simply to run more miles per week or push harder on your goal-paced intervals. That would be an ...