How I Was Able To Increase My Vertical Leap…

Hello, everyone and thanks for stopping by. If you are reading this then I assume that you are looking for a way to increase your vertical leap. Well, look no further, you have come to the right place.

My name is Brayden Fisher and I was able to increase my vertical leap by 12 inches. This didn’t come overnight, it took me about 7 months of HARD WORK. People ask me ALL THE TIME, how I was able to increase my vertical leap so I decided to write this article and explain it.

How I Was Able To Increase My Vertical Leap From 31 to 43 Inches

If you want to increase your vertical leap you need to know HOW to train and WHY your are training a certian way. If you know WHY you are doing a certain exercise you will train better and you will progress faster.

When it comes down to it, I was able to improve my vertical jump by focusing on two things. Improving my POWER and EXPLOSION.

Alright, Brayden that’s nice but what are you talking about when you say…POWER? The definition of power in our case is your STRENGTH X SPEED. During the jumping process, your power is the amount of force that you are able to apply to the ground to launch you into the air. The more power you have the higher you are going to travel.

I used a combination of strength training and plyometric exercises to get the best results.

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 Recommend to Increase Your Vertical Leap

Now for the good part. So which exercises are the best to increase your vertical leap. Keep in mind that you are not going to increase your vertical overnight. If you want to see results you have to TRAIN HARD and lift very heavy weight with low reps.

Just because I was able to increase my vertical with these exercises doesn’t mean that these are the best exercises for you. For instance, maybe you already have really strong quads and hamstrings. If this is the case, then doing heavy squats may not give you the results you want. Instead focus on plyometrics 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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