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Jump Roping and increasing your vertical leap
When we talking about jump roping the mainquestion is can it increase my vertical jump?
How you can measure your bodyfat?
Jacob Hiller talks about how you can measure your bodyfat. There is nothing difficult and hard. He will make keep it very simple.
The highest vertical leap in NBA and in the world
We know that most NBA players can dunk the ball without problems but the question is who has the highest vertical leap in NBA History. We remember great leapers in history like Michael Jordan, Dominik Wilkins, Julius Erwing etc. When we talking about active players then we mention always LeBron James, Gerald Green, Nate Robinson, Dwight Howard, Blake Griffin. Not so long ago was Vince Crater on of the elite jumpers in the league. Image credit: clippers.topbuzz.com Actually there is a difference when we talking about vertical jump or dunking. Maybe you have a very outstanding vertical jump but you are not so effective dunker. Dunking the ball is not just good vertical leap. It`s about style, show and your uniqueness. Michael Jordan was one of the greatest dunkers in the history of NBA however I don`t believe that he has the highest vertical jump. This post is about who has the highest vertical in NBA history so to make it clear we don`t talk here about dunking. Just pure physical ability! So here are the list of players. Here are the TOP 10 Best NBA vertical jumps 1. Jameel Pugh 6`5“ 50″ 2. Gerald Green 6`6“ 48″ 3. … Continue reading
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Kevin Durant talks about he`s basketball and vertical jump training
Oklahoma City Thunder young star Kevin Durant talks about he`s basketball and vertical jump training. How to get better every day and what you`ll have to do for that. To play basketball in the world`s strongest basketball league NBA you`ll have to be in great fit all year long because the competition is very very strong. So watch this NBA Fit video about Kevin Durant and learn from the best! In case you are interested how high is Kevin Durant`s vertical leap then there is many different numbers available! Back in 2007 pre-draft camp in Texas Durant`s vertical was 33,5 inches. At the same time Greg Oden jumped 34 inches high. Probably the result is quite much the same in 2012
64 Inch Box Jump by Kevin Banta – Insane Vertical Jump
In this video you will see one insane box jump by Kevin Banta. This guy definitely can jump! Insane vertical jump.
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
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.
Quad and glute power is very important to increase vertical leap
Jacob talks about squatting and jumping. Where our jumping power coming from and which muscles are the most involved in vertical jump.
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