Train Less To Jump Higher
Are you serious about your vertical leap exercise program?
Correct practices to improve your vertical leap is very COUNTER INTUITIVE.
Jumping is an explosion caused by the sudden contraction of fast twitch muscle fibers. Because of this, training to improve jumping ought to be "anaerobic." All too often athletes train in a way that develops mostly their "aerobic" ability.
How should the training be different?
Basketball players have been told that long distance running would increase their vertical. This is big misconception. Running long distances like that can make your vertical leap to shrink.
Sprinting, like jumping is a much less aerobic exercise. Do you see a sprinter running the 2 mile run as part of their training for sprinting? NEVER! Then why do so many vertical leap programs make us PACING ourselves during our vertical leap training exercises?
NEVER NEVER NEVER PACE YOURSELF WHILE TRAINING YOUR VERTICAL JUMP!
You have seen it before. Athletes running up and down stairs or dog tired from doing speed ladder drills. Or maybe you jump rope for 20 minutes and your legs are so tired. You are going to say to yourself, "Now that was a tough workout, certainly that will help my vertical."
This is not explosive training, so they are NOT going to see results in explosive moves. I guarantee you, they will not be satisfied. You have go to train explosively and not endurance to increase your vertical jump.
"Explosive" training will feel awkward when you first start. You don't end up with the same burn as training as you have in the past. In some ways training explosion is easier, although it requires a good deal more focus and short term energy.
99% of all athletes reading this right now will benefit incredibly soley by decreasing repetition and increasing intensity.
Doesn't working out less to get improved results sound like something you would like?
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