How I Was Able to Increase My Vertical Leap by 12 Inches in 7 Months!
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 by 12 inches. This didn’t come overnight, it took me about 7 months of HARD WORK. People ask me ALL THE TIME, how I was able to increase my vertical leap so I decided to write this article and explain it.
How I Was Able To Increase My Vertical Leap From 31 to 43 Inches
Before I give you the exercises that I used, we need to lay down a little foundation. We need to understand HOW to train properly and WHY we are training a certain way. The more we understand this the faster our progress will be.
When it comes down to it, I was able to improve my vertical jump by focusing on two things. Improving 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.
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
With this strength routine you need to lift as much weight as you can and do not do more than 3 sets of 8 reps. You should be training with 80 percent of your one rep max. This will enable you to use all of your muscle fibers and motor units.
It would be impossible for me to tell you everything you need to know about how I was able to increase my vertical leap from one article. So I recommend heading over to my other websites to get more info:
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