One of the best ways to increase your performance in sports where jumping is involved is to improve your jumping ability. This of course is especially true in sports where having a lot of jumping ability is key to being successful in that sport. In some cases your jumping ability could almost be equivalent to your ability in that sport. The focus of this article is to take a look at some of the exercises you can use to significantly increase your vertical jumping ability.
First Exercise
This discussion will start with a regimen of exercises known collectively as plyometrics. Plyometrics has been especially effective in activating an athlete’s fast twitch muscle ability which is largely responsible for their explosiveness and speed capabilities. The effectiveness of this form of exercising can be improved by doing it in the sand. Before embarking in this type of exercise be ready for a lot of jumping.
Second Exercise
The next exercise we will look at are squats. One of the advantages of performing this exercise is that the motion will allow you to train more then one set of muscles at a time. The first goal with this exercise is to build your strength up to the point where you can squat your own body weight. This will not be your final goal but serves as a good starting point.
Exercise 3 – Explosive Jump Drills
The final exercise we will look at involves exploding upward from a seated position. This exercise will help you train your muscle memory to get accustom to the motions available to jumping in an explosive manner. This will over time lead to an increase in your vertical leaping ability.
We have covered a few exercises in this article that can get you started on increasing your jumping ability. Keep in mind that these exercises in and of themselves will not be that effective without an action plan. Check out www.verticalworkouts.com for more information on these typeof action plans/jump enhancement systems. When used in conjunction with an effective action plan they will lead you to making your leaping muscles stronger. Which in turn will help you jump higher which is the goal right?
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