Improve Your Vertical Jump By Doing Less

Are you serious about your vertical jump routine?

Correct practices to improve your vertical leap is very COUNTER INTUITIVE.

The vertical leap is an explosion caused by the sudden contraction of fast twitch muscle fibers. Because of this, vertical jump training must be "anaerobic." Too many athletes are training in a way that that is mostly "aerobic".

What is the difference in training?

Basketball players have been told that long distance running would increase their vertical. This is huge mistake. Running long distances like that can cause your vertical leap to plummet.

Sprinting, like jumping is a more anerobic event. Do you see sprinters running long distances to train 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!

Maybe you have also seen these before. Athletes running up and down stairs or dog tired from doing speed ladder drills. Or maybe get done jumping rope for 20 minutes and you are worn out. You are going to say to yourself, "Now that was a good 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 like the results. You must train for explosion and not endurance to increase your jumping ability.

"Explosive" training will not feel right when you first start. You don't end up with the same burn as training for endurance. In some ways training explosion is easier, it just 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 exercising less to get better results sound like something you would like?

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