Interested in how to increase your vertical jump, well you have come to the right place. I am a vertical jump training coach with a ton of knowledge and personal experience with increasing the vertical jump. Jump training can be a really exciting way to increase athletic power, and will help take your sport to the next level. Here I will share with you the basics to achieving an eye popping vertical jump. First you have to understand jumping is caused by the central nervous system not the muscle system. Secondly learn the 5 stages of power development for athletes: Starting Acceleration, Progressive Acceleration, Power Out-Put, Stabilization, and Re-Coordination. Also do not overtrain, you should feel energized and powerful at the end of your workout. Forget the "go to failure rule", instead for example when doing repetitive jump squats, stop when you feel like you are not jumping as quick or high as your first jump. You may be able to jump 5 times or 15, it depends on many variables; so you have to really focus when you are training so you do not go past this point. If you do go past this point you will not be training for power anymore and your body will start to use less power, you don't want this if your goal is to jump higher. Exercises you want to do at the gym are power and strength movements like plyometrics, repetitive jumping, and depth jumps, attitude jumps, skipping rope, flying pull ups and jumping push ups. Also make sure you follow the 5 stages of power in your workouts. Here is major piece of advice for jumping higher. The more power and energy you can absorb the higher your potential jump can be, meaning if you can land off a 36 inch box safely, quietly and repetitively you will have the potential to jump 36 inches. Warning do not drop off of anything that is more than a few inches above your current standing vertical, and only do attitude jumps once a week at the most. Next you have to understand jumping technique and how it can help you to jump to your full potential at your current strength and power levels. You must use your whole body to jump not just your legs, swing your arms forcefully up and stretched over your head as you explode upward with your lower body. Using your arms will help you jump at least a few inches higher. You now have some great information to get you started on building your vertical jump; there is no limit to how high you can jump, when you do the math. So aim for a 40 inches, or 50 inches, and even a 60 inch standing vertical jump. Go for it! |
