Hello, everyone and thanks for stopping by. If you are reading this then I assume that you are looking for a way to increase your vertical leap. Well, look no further, you have come to the right place.
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: Let’s Learn The Basics First
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.
I was able to increase my vertical leap by focusing on improving two areas: my POWER and EXPLOSION.
Alright, Brayden that’s nice but what are you talking about when you say…POWER? The definition of power in our case is your STRENGTH X SPEED. During the jumping process, your power is the amount of force that you are able to apply to the ground to launch you into the air. The more power you have the higher you are going to travel.
One reason I had such great results was because I used a combination of strength and plyometric workouts.
The majority of people out there try to focus most of their training on improving the strength of their calves but this is the wrong approach. Why?… because 80 percent of your leaping power comes from your quads and hamstrings, not the calves. Since this is where most of our jumping power is generated it is just smart to use the majority of our training time focusing on these two muscle groups.
Alright, we have covered the basics. Now for the good stuff…
The Best Exercises I Used to Increase My Vertical Leap
It’s important to note that you will not increase your vertical overnight. You are going to have to work really HARD and lift VERY HEAVY weight with low reps to get the results you want.
Also, the type of exercises that worked best for me, may not be the exercises that work the best for you. For example, if you already have very strong quads and hamstrings, performing really heavy squats may not give you the best results. In this case I would recommend focusing on more plyometric exercises and developing your speed and fast twitch muscle fibers.
However, these WILL be the best for most people. As a guide, if you can’t squat at least twice your body weight then you should use the strength training routine. If you can then do more plyometrics. A few of my favorite exercises that I used are:
- Squats - Deadlifts - Good Mornings - Hamstring Curls - Calve Raises - Knee Ups - Depth Jumps - 50 and 100 Yard Sprints - Use the Jump Rope
When doing the strength exercises we want to make sure we are lifting as heavy weight as possible and do no more than 3 sets of 8 reps. Try to train with 80-85% of your one rep max. This will insure that you are recruiting all of your muscle fibers and motor units.
Unfortunately, I can’t tell you everything you need to know about how I was able to increase my vertical leap from one small article. Therefore, you may want to take a look at a few of my other sites that I have listed below:
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