How To Increase My Vertical Leap: The Perfect Workout Routine
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 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: We Need To Start With The Basics
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.
Okay, Brayden that's great but what do you mean by the word... POWER? Power can simply be defined as your STRENGTH X SPEED. When jumping, you can think of power as the amount of force you apply to the ground to propel you into the air. The more power you apply with respect to your body weight, the higher you are going to travel. Of course your jumping technique plays a role in that as well but that let's save that discussion for another time 
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.
Alright, we have covered the basics. Now for the good stuff...
The EXACT Exercises I Used To Increase My Vertical Leap From 31 to 43 Inches
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.
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.
A good rule to go by is if you can't squat at least twice your body weight then you should focus on the strength program. If you can, then focus on plyometrics. My favorite exercises I used to increase my vertical leap are:
- 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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