My name is Brayden Fisher. I’m no one special, just a regular guy and an athlete who loves fitness training. However, one question that I get asked all the time is……”How are you able to jump so high?”. You see, with some SERIOUS HARD WORK, I was able to increase my vertical leap by 12 inches in seven months! I am writing this article to help others out and let them know how I was able to do it. So let’s get started.
How I Was Able To Increase My Vertical Leap From 31 to 43 Inches
I know, I know, you want the exercises…but we need to learn the basics before we get started. The more we understand HOW we should train and WHY we are training this way, the faster and better our results will be.
I was able to increase my vertical leap by focusing on improving two areas: 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.
Most people spend WAY TOO MUCH TIME focusing on their calves when trying to improve their vertical leap. These are not the muscles you should be worried about. 80 percent of your jumping power comes from the quads and hamstings. Since these are the muscles that give us most of our power, we are going to focus on improving their strength.
Ok, now that you understand the basics let’s get started.
The Best Exercises I Used to Increase My Vertical Leap
If you implement these exercises into your workouts you WILL increase your vertical leap. Just remember, it isn’t going to happen overnight. You will have to train HARD and lift really HEAVY weight to get the results you want.
These are the exercises that I used and they worked really well for me. But everyone is different and will get different results. For example, if you already have really strong quads and hamstrings, doing heavy squats may not be the best option for you. Instead you might want to focus most of your attention on the plyometric training to develop your speed and fast twitch muscle fibers.
Although, as a general rule, if you can’t squat at least twice your body weight then hit the weights. If you can, then focus on more plyos. Here are a few of the top exercises I recommend:
- 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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