Are you really serious about your vertical jump training and increasing your jump for basketball? I am assuming so or you wouldn't be on my site.
Here is what Jacob Hiller with the Jump Manual says:
"Correct training to increase your vertical jump is very COUNTER INTUITIVE.
Why?
Vertical jumping is an explosion caused by the intensecontraction of fast twitch muscle fibers. Otherwise vertical jump training is "anaerobic."
Too many athletesare training in a way that trains mostly their "aerobic"endurance.
What is the difference in training?
In College I was told that running cross country would increase my vertical. Boy was that a huge mistake.
I trained with the cross country team in the off season. When basketball season rolled around my vertical hadsuccessfully plummeted...."
ForJacob's full story visit the Jump Manual Site Here.
Sprinting, like jumping is much less aerobic event. Do you see sprinters 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 FOR TRAINING YOUR VERTICALEXPLOSION!
You have seen it before. Athletes running up and downstairs. Athletes dog tired doing speed ladder drills. They are not training at max explosion so they are not training their max explosion.
You get done jumping rope for 20 minutes and your legs aregoing to be so tired.. you are going to say to yourself,"Now that was tough, surely that will increase myvertical." I guarantee you, you will be disappointed.
Unless you train explosion and not endurance. Training your explosion will feel awkward at first.
You won't get the same burn as training your endurance. In some ways training explosion is easier, although it requires much more focus and short term effort and energy.
99% of all athletes reading this right now will benefit incredibly by training decreasing repetition and increasing intensity.
For more details go to: Jump Manual Website Here
Here is what Jacob Hiller with the Jump Manual says:
"Correct training to increase your vertical jump is very COUNTER INTUITIVE.
Why?
Vertical jumping is an explosion caused by the intensecontraction of fast twitch muscle fibers. Otherwise vertical jump training is "anaerobic."
Too many athletesare training in a way that trains mostly their "aerobic"endurance.
What is the difference in training?
In College I was told that running cross country would increase my vertical. Boy was that a huge mistake.
I trained with the cross country team in the off season. When basketball season rolled around my vertical hadsuccessfully plummeted...."
ForJacob's full story visit the Jump Manual Site Here.
Sprinting, like jumping is much less aerobic event. Do you see sprinters 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 FOR TRAINING YOUR VERTICALEXPLOSION!
You have seen it before. Athletes running up and downstairs. Athletes dog tired doing speed ladder drills. They are not training at max explosion so they are not training their max explosion.
You get done jumping rope for 20 minutes and your legs aregoing to be so tired.. you are going to say to yourself,"Now that was tough, surely that will increase myvertical." I guarantee you, you will be disappointed.
Unless you train explosion and not endurance. Training your explosion will feel awkward at first.
You won't get the same burn as training your endurance. In some ways training explosion is easier, although it requires much more focus and short term effort and energy.
99% of all athletes reading this right now will benefit incredibly by training decreasing repetition and increasing intensity.
For more details go to: Jump Manual Website Here
