Tips on How to Jump Higher
Before you can learn how to jump higher you need to understand a couple of things about muscles. Our muscles are actually able to store energy in them for very short period of time and you can learn how to use this stored energy as fuel to jump higher.
Muscles can be seen as springs and you know that when a spring is compressed it has energy stored and ready to be used. This is what happens in the muscles of our legs as we bend our knees before a jump.
So when your knees bend you are essentially loading a spring. The muscles in our body can feel any stretch and they want to counter that by contracting the opposing muscles which will cause us to jump.
This is where plyometrics come in. Plyos and proper training will make that counter reaction fire with much more power. It’s not the size of the muscle that determines power, or your would see bodybuilders hitting their heads on the rim from jumping so high.
You do need strong legs and tendons before you start an intense jumping routine. Plyometrics will train your muscles to all fire at the exact same time and this will make you jump higher.
1. If you can’t squat your weight comfortably then you need to get stronger legs before starting plyos. Aim to do 125% your weight 8 reps in 8 seconds.
2. Now that your legs are strong enough, make sure you do plyos on fresh legs. Don’t burn out with weights and then do plyos. You want to jump your highest possible each time.
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