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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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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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How to increase vertical jump?

There is so many vertical jump programs out there. Many of them don´t talk about basics! where our jumping power is coming from and so on. The first thing i want to talk about is explosive strength! This is the key. In order to jump higher and run faster, maximum strength is not the main attribute to train. The absolute strength potential of a muscle is important, but not exclusively so. Your body must be strong! It is obvious that your body should be both strong and prepared. This will significantly decrease the risk of injury. The efficacy and concept are based on increasing explosive strength and muscle elasticity. Some exercises directly stimulating the central nervous system are also included, since they affect explosive strength directly. The explosive effect is guaranteed by the sequential expression of the following subtypes of strength:   The absolute speed of muscle contractions (V) Starting strength (Q) Acceleration strength (G) Maximum strength (P) So how we can increase our explosive strength? There is one extremely good exercise-depth jumps! Depth jumps require special preparation, consisting of extensive barbell and jumping exercises. One should begin with a smaller height, and then raise it, until optimal height is … Continue reading

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