Are you serious about your vertical jump training?

Correct training to improve your vertical jump is very COUNTER INTUITIVE.

The vertical jump is an explosion caused by the intense contraction of fast twitch muscles.  Because of this, training to improve jumping is “anaerobic.”  All too often athletes train in a way that trains mostly their “aerobic” endurance.

How should the training be different?

Athletes looking to improve have been told that long distance running would increase their vertical. This is big misconception. Training with the cross country team can cause your vertical jump to shrink.

Sprinting, like jumping is a more anerobic exercise.  How often do you see a sprinter running the 2 mile run to train for sprinting? NEVER! Then why do so many vertical jump programs have us PACING ourselves during our vertical jump training regimes?

NEVER NEVER NEVER PACE YOURSELF DURING YOUR VERTICAL JUMP TRAINING!

Maybe you have also seen these before. Athletes “running the stairs” or out of breath 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, surely that will improve my vertical.”

These are not examples of training explosively, so they are NOT going to see results in explosive moves. I guarantee you, they will not be satisfied. You must train explosively 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 aerobically.  In some ways explosion traing is easier, it just requires much more focus and short term energy.

99% of all athletes [that follow these suggestions incredibly soley by decreasing repetition and increasing intensity.

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