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You Can Jump Higher By Doing Less
Are you serious about your vertical jump training?
Correct training to improve your vertical jump is very COUNTER INTUITIVE.
The vertical leap is an explosive act caused by the sudden tightening of fast twitch muscle fibers. Because of this, vertical jump training ought to be "anaerobic." All too often athletes train in a way that develops mostly their "aerobic" endurance.
How is training different for the two?
Basketball players have been told that long distance running would increase their vertical. This is big mistake. Running long distances like that can make your vertical jump to plummet.
Sprinting, like jumping is a more anerobic exercise. Do you see sprinters running long distances as part of their training for sprinting? NEVER! Then why so often do vertical leap programs have us PACING ourselves during our vertical leap training workouts?
NEVER NEVER NEVER PACE YOURSELF DURING YOUR VERTICAL JUMP TRAINING!
You have seen it before. Athletes running flights of 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 hard workout, certainly that will increase my vertical."
This is not explosive training, so they are NOT going to see the results they thought they would. I assure you, they will not like the results. You must train for explosion and not endurance to improve your vertical leap.
"Explosion" training will feel awkward to start with. You won't get the same burn as training as you have in the past. In a few ways training explosion is easier, although it requires a great deal more focus and short term energy.
Your vertical jump training can improve incredibly just by decreasing repetition and increasing intensity.
Doesn't exercising less to get more results sound like the best of both worlds?
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