How I Was Able To Increase My Vertical Leap…

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. 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: Let’s Learn The Basics First

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.

There were two areas I had to focus on in order to improve my vertical leap: increasing 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.

The majority of people out there try to focus most of their training on improving the strength of their calves but this is the wrong approach. Why?… because 80 percent of your leaping power comes from your quads and hamstrings, not the calves. Since this is where most of our jumping power is generated it is just smart to use the majority of our training time focusing on these two muscle groups.

Alright, we have covered the basics. Now for the good stuff…

The Best Exercises I Recommend to Increase Your 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.

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

During the strength routine you need to focus on lifting as heavy weight as you possibly can. You should be doing 3 sets of 8 with each exercise. Training with 80 percent of you max will insure that you are using all of your muscles fibers and motor units.

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