Learn how to jump higher with these exercises
When it comes to jumping higher, there are a few exercises that produce much better results than any other exercises. To get the most of these exercises, it is advisable to train only 3 times a week and take the rest of the days off for rest. You can play your sports and indulge in other light physical activities on the rest of the days, but don’t train with weights and make sure that your muscles aren’t under a lot of stress on the resting days.
The following exercises have been proven to be extremely effective for jumping higher.
1. Squats: Squats are the very basic of all exercises but is still known as the king of exercises. When it comes to jumping higher, it is no exception. When you are doing squats as an exercise to jump higher, you need to make sure you do it for explosiveness and not just to increase your strength. How do you do that? Well, when you come back up after reaching the bottom most position in squats, do it with explosiveness. Do it like you were going to jump off in the sky with that much weight on your shoulders. But make sure you don’t actually jump off the ground because then you will risk injury. The trick is to do it with enough force that your muscles get used to explosvieness.
2. Deadlift: Another great exercise. While performing deadlifts, make sure your back is arched. Many people have suffered injury while doing deadlift because of their incorrect posture. But if performed correctly, this will soon become your favorite exercise. Do it with explosiveness, just like with squats to get the most out of it.
3. Depth jumps: You also need your muscles to be ready for the landing when you want to jump higher. This is where depth jumps come in. You start of on the plometrics box and land on the ground while absorbing the force by bending your knees. As soon as you land, you explode back up as high as you can.
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Marvin’s note
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4. Skipping: Speed and quickness is an important part of jumping higher. To get the most out of your skipping, you should do it like HIIT (High Intensity Interval Training). That means you do it for one minute at the highest speed and with all your strength and then you lower the intensity for one minute. Then again for one minute do it with all your intensity and then again decrease it for one minute. Keep doing this for about 10 minutes. Make sure you do it on your toes to increase the strength of your calves.
5. Jumping: To jump higher there is one very important exercise that you need to perform; JUMPING. Yes, Jumping! But you don’t just stand on the ground and jump like a bunny. You jump for explosiveness. Every time you jump, you jump like you are aiming for the roof. Each and every jump you make should be your best jump. That means with every jump you should try to improve your vertical leap. And once you realize that your intensity and height reached is decreasing with the next jump; you stop. You don’t want to train for jumping for a longer period of time. You are training to jump higher.
The exercises are very basic but are guaranteed to improve your vertical if you do them consistently and with all your intensity. Once you have mastered them, you can move on to some more advanced exercises to jump higher.
