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Should you use high reps or low reps to increas vertical jump?

If you want to increase your vertical jump is it smart to use at the gym high reps or low reps? Watch this video and find out which one is the right solution to increase your verftical leap and build up your strength.

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How to activate your jumping muscles

This Shot Science video talks about how to activate your jumping muscles. It means that maybe you are already strong enough to dunk the ball but you just can`t active the strength. You`ll find here definitely a few great exercises to increase your vertical jump.

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Why is the Jump Manual so popular?

There are so many different vertical jump programs out there but why is the Jump Manual so popular? Every blog and website recommends the Jump Manual when we talk about increasing vertical jump for basketball and volleyball. In this post I`ll try to figure out why this training program made by Jacob Hiller is so well rated in the world. When we talking about vertical jump training in general then every serious athlete knows that one training program can`t fit all athletes. That`s because every person is different and one of a kind. Second we have to find out our weakness so we can improve it and become stronger. The Jump Manual is so popular in basketball because it will cover all these principles. When you order the Jump Manual you can get also one-on-one coaching from Jacob Hiller himself so you can follow your training regime just the way you should be. Another good thing is that you can chat with Jacob any time you want via e-mail or skybe. You can even send him videos so he can take a look at your improvements. When you are doing something wrong he can teach you and make corrections.   … Continue reading

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Increase Your Vertical Jump Fast

Is it possible to increase your vertical jump fast and how fast is fast? I can tell you in first place that if you dream about 40 inch vertical jump and you want it tomorrow then it`s impossible. We live right now in the world where information is very easy to get. However that’s not 100% a good thing because every person who wants can share he`s stuff with the world. But not all people are experts so there is also a lot of bad information about vertical jump training. Image credit: bestverticaljump.org When I`m totally honest with you then I must say that increasing your vertical jump is a proses not a thing that you can do right now if you want it. You must train and follow very exact regime and you`ll need a solid action plan! If you know how to do it then almost every serious athlete can improve he`s vertical leap in 2 months. I`m not talking about 40 + inch vertical here again. I`m talking about solid improvement. In case you can touch the rim right now then you can dunk the ball bretty sure after 1 or 2 month if you train right. … Continue reading

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What you must know before you start vertical jump program/training

Jacob Hiller talks about strength training and how to use it right in your vertical jump program. Key point is that do not use to light weight and to many repetitions. That`s not the right way to get stronger and jump higher. You must do your repetitions with max explosion and weight. To find out this theory details watch this video…

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What to eat to increase vertical jump

This video is about nutrition and what to eat to increase your vertical jump. What may or may not help and if there really is a “jumping food” that may help you get some results. Of course there is not specific food what is made for jumping! It`s more like about right regime and nutrition plan for your vertical jump program. NB! You can also check out these great recourse’s and articles about nutrition for athletes: How To Eat During Vertical Jump Training Track and Field – Jumps (+Nutriton information)

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Basics Of Vertical Jump Training

To increase your vertical leap and jump higher you don`t have to do know some underground secrets. Good vertical jump is achievable for most athletes you just must know the right training principles. Know the basics of vertical leap! Image credit: verticaljumpsecret.blogspot.com To jump higher you must generate more force than your body weight, logical? The more force you can generate in very short period of time the higher you will jump. However not all jumping power comes from your legs. When you jump up the whole body is involved. Also your upper body is very very important so I believe that you`ll need to train your upper body and your lower body. Some older online vertical jump programs use very high volume repetitions and that’s not right. Don’t use any vertical jump program where is more repetitions than 15. You can`t improve your jump explosion like that. When you do a lot of repetitions you will improve your jumping endurance not explosion. To improve your explosion you must do less repetitions with more loads. When doing plyometrics use also small number of repetitions. To do so perform your plyo exercises with maximum intensity. That’s the main point in vertical … Continue reading

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How to increase your vertical jump. A few tips

Another video about how to increase your vertical jump. You can do these exercises at home.

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How to increase vertical jump fast ?

We all want to see fast results what ever we do but how to increase vertical jump fast? I`m totally honest with you when I say – You can`t! I know there is a lot of vertical jump programs on the market and they all promise amazing results in very short amount of time. In the real life only a few of them are serious training programs. I wrote this article to help you understand what`ll need to increase your vertical jump and which programs are working. If you don`t like to spend money on good vertical jump program you`ll need to know some basic stuff about vertical jump training. First make sure do you need to become faster, stronger or perhaps lighter. Yes losing weight is the easiest and fastest ways to increase your vertical jump. Maybe you are strong and fast enough but you just are to heavy. Lose those extra pounds and jump higher!   Most of the cases athletes need to become stronger and faster. Maybe you are already strong enough but you just can`t use all that power in a very short period of time to be explosive. Then you must become faster. A typical … Continue reading

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