How I Was Able To Increase My Vertical Leap…
Hello, how are you doing? Thanks for reading my article. Since you are here, I am going to assume you are interested in learning how to increase your vertical leap. If so, you have found the right person to teach you.
My name is Brayden Fisher and I was able to increase my vertical leap from 31 to 43″ over a 7 month period of time. If I could have a dollar for every time someone asked me how I was able to improve my vertical jump then I could easily retire. So, I decided to write this article and let people know exactly how I did it. Let’s take a look.
How I Was Able To Increase My Vertical Leap From 31 to 43 Inches
If you want to increase your vertical leap you need to know HOW to train and WHY your are training a certian way. If you know WHY you are doing a certain exercise you will train better and you will progress faster.
There were two areas I had to focus on in order to improve my vertical leap: increasing my POWER and EXPLOSION.
Now not everyone will understand what I mean when I say….POWER. So I will explain….power for us is our STRENGTH X SPEED. Our POWER is the amount of force we are able to put down to propel us into the air. The more force we have the higher we will travel. It’s that simple.
One reason I had such great results was because I used a combination of strength and plyometric workouts.
Whenever I see people training their vertical jump they spend most of their attention on increasing the strength of their calf muscles. Just look at those stupid strength shoes, they completely focus on the calves. This is not the right way to train. Why? Because the majority of your leaping power (about 80 percent) comes from your quads and hamstrings, not the calves. That is why we are going to focus our training on developing these two muscle groups.
The basics are covered. Time for the exercises…
The Best Exercises I Recommend to Increase Your Vertical Leap
Now for the good part. So which exercises are the best to increase your vertical leap. Keep in mind that you are not going to increase your vertical overnight. If you want to see results you have to TRAIN HARD and lift very heavy weight with low reps.
These are the exercises that I used and they worked really well for me. But everyone is different and will get different results. For example, if you already have really strong quads and hamstrings, doing heavy squats may not be the best option for you. Instead you might want to focus most of your attention on the plyometric training to develop your speed and fast twitch muscle fibers.
Although, as a general rule, if you can’t squat at least twice your body weight then hit the weights. If you can, then focus on more plyos. Here are a few of the top exercises I recommend:
- Squats – Deadlifts – Good Mornings – Hamstring Curls – Calve Raises – Knee Ups – Depth Jumps – 50 and 100 Yard Sprints – Use the Jump Rope
During the strength routine you need to focus on lifting as heavy weight as you possibly can. You should be doing 3 sets of 8 with each exercise. Training with 80 percent of you max will insure that you are using all of your muscles fibers and motor units.
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