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Vertical jump exercises?

Sun Mar 14, 2010 6:03 pm

Where can I find vertical training exercises that are reliable and helpful?

Am I supposed to do squat exercises and heel raises to improve strength of calf and quad? Then, would I need to improve flexibility and jumping exercises to improve vertical? Am i right? Anyone that trained this could give me some help? Thanks!! :bowdown:

Re: Vertical jump exercises?

Sun Mar 14, 2010 6:15 pm

Please someone help this cause I really need this too, with my knee being weak because of injuries I need some workouts too :)

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Sun Mar 14, 2010 10:01 pm

Play basketball everyday and just do some jumping every day.
I Wouldn't recommend stuff like AA3 cause it might even lower your jumping ability.

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Sun Mar 14, 2010 10:13 pm

Go and slap your mothers for not conceiving you with a black man.

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Sun Mar 14, 2010 11:20 pm

dare wrote:Please someone help this cause I really need this too, with my knee being weak because of injuries I need some workouts too :)



if your knee is already weakened plyometrics is a bad idea. should probably just play and adjust your game til that knee is back to healthy

Re: Vertical jump exercises?

Mon Mar 15, 2010 12:02 am

Oznogrd wrote:if your knee is already weakened plyometrics is a bad idea. should probably just play and adjust your game til that knee is back to healthy

As if this guy knows anything about legs!

Someone should let me know when I'm pushing it. It's just too obvious.

Re: Vertical jump exercises?

Mon Mar 15, 2010 2:27 am

benji wrote:
Oznogrd wrote:if your knee is already weakened plyometrics is a bad idea. should probably just play and adjust your game til that knee is back to healthy

As if this guy knows anything about legs!

Someone should let me know when I'm pushing it. It's just too obvious.

:lol: oddly enough my degree was pretty much in legs...go figure

Re: Vertical jump exercises?

Mon Mar 15, 2010 2:54 am

We all want what we can't have :lol:

Re: Vertical jump exercises?

Mon Mar 15, 2010 6:58 am

TheDee wrote:I Wouldn't recommend stuff like AA3 cause it might even lower your jumping ability.

I'm on week 6 and i see progress

Re: Vertical jump exercises?

Mon Mar 15, 2010 7:42 am

I did 8 weeks of AA2 and saw no results.

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Mon Mar 15, 2010 11:50 am

Exactly AA is shit.

Re: Vertical jump exercises?

Mon Mar 15, 2010 12:21 pm

everyone's body is at a different point and everyone's body responds to different training. From what I've seen of Air Alert its a poorly planned plyometrics program that risks injury in HOPE of giving you more leap.

Re: Vertical jump exercises?

Mon Mar 15, 2010 4:25 pm

Just jump alot and you will get there. Nothing improves natural jumping ability then actual jumping.

Re: Vertical jump exercises?

Mon Mar 15, 2010 4:36 pm

Maybe I'll just wear weights for a couple of weeks :)

Re: Vertical jump exercises?

Mon Mar 15, 2010 5:38 pm

Weight lifting actually helps a lot. I completed Joe DeFranco's 6 weeks vertical jump training program and I gained about 4-5 inches on my vertical.

http://www.defrancostraining.com/ask_jo ... -10-10.htm

There are loads of other good stuffs on his site as well.

Re: Vertical jump exercises?

Mon Mar 15, 2010 10:01 pm

dare wrote:Maybe I'll just wear weights for a couple of weeks :)


wearing weights fucks with your joints if you do it wrong. if you're gonna wear weights do your research.

Re: Vertical jump exercises?

Mon Mar 15, 2010 10:02 pm

Oznogrd wrote:
wearing weights fucks with your joints if you do it wrong. if you're gonna wear weights do your research.


thanks for telling man

Re: Vertical jump exercises?

Tue Mar 16, 2010 4:41 am

http://www.jumpmanual.com/

Re: Vertical jump exercises?

Tue Mar 16, 2010 7:50 am

Modifly wrote:Weight lifting actually helps a lot. I completed Joe DeFranco's 6 weeks vertical jump training program and I gained about 4-5 inches on my vertical.

http://www.defrancostraining.com/ask_jo ... -10-10.htm

There are loads of other good stuffs on his site as well.



How did you get all these equipmentsÉ

Re: Vertical jump exercises?

Wed Mar 17, 2010 1:30 am

You'll need access to a good gym with good equipments. Fortunately I have a sports complex right in front of my village.

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Wed Mar 17, 2010 3:04 am

Vertical Jump Bible or The Jump Manual.

Re: Vertical jump exercises?

Thu Mar 18, 2010 7:16 pm

Agreed on Jump Manual. Know a guy who's been on the manual for like a year and says he's gotten 12", which is crazy, because he had like a 36 to begin with. He's trying to get to 50" now.

If you don't want to get on any programs, train for explosiveness. Work on quads, hams, calves, and abs, do sprints, make sure your joints are okay, etc.

I wouldn't use leg weights if you intended on walking with them all day and not doing leg presses with them or something.
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