Does your vertical jump fall short? Learn how to reach higher and propel forward with these workout tips!
RIPPED DUDE, I'M LOOKING TO INCREASE MY POWER AND EXPLOSIVENESS, AND I HEAR THE VERTICAL LEAP IS KEY. WHAT'S THE BEST WAY TO TRAIN TO IMPROVE MY POWER AND LEAPING ABILITY WITH THIS EXPLOSIVE MOVEMENT?
When I was growing up, basketball was big in my neighborhood. Everyone wanted to be able to dunk on a regulation 10-foot high basket and, thus, everyone focused on improving their vertical jump. The progression usually went a little something like this: touch the rim, grab the rim, hang on the rim, dunk with a volleyball and, finally, dunk with a basketball!
I went through this progression, too. I went from touching the middle of the net at 12 years old, to dunking a basketball at 14 years old, to doing serious acrobatic 360-degree dunks at 17 years old. In college, my personal record for the vertical leap was 40 inches. At my peak, I was able to touch the top of the square on a regulation backboard, about 11.5 feet from the ground. Even now, in my thirties, I can dunk a basketball while standing underneath the basket—no run up required. I owe it all to the power of the vertical jump.
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