Hello, everyone and thanks for stopping by. If you are reading this then I assume that you are looking for a way to increase your vertical leap. Well, look no further, you have come to the right place.

My name is Brayden Fisher and I was able to increase my vertical leap from 31 to 43″ over a 7 month period of time. If I could have a dollar for every time someone asked me how I was able to improve my vertical jump then I could easily retire. So, I decided to write this article and let people know exactly how I did it. Let’s take a look.

How I Was Able To Increase My Vertical Leap From 31 to 43 Inches

Before I give you the exercises that I used, we need to lay down a little foundation. We need to understand HOW to train properly and WHY we are training a certain way. The more we understand this the faster our progress will be.

There were two areas I had to focus on in order to improve my vertical leap: increasing my POWER and EXPLOSION.

Alright, Brayden that’s nice but what are you talking about when you say…POWER? The definition of power in our case is your STRENGTH X SPEED. During the jumping process, your power is the amount of force that you are able to apply to the ground to launch you into the air. The more power you have the higher you are going to travel.

In order to get the optimum results I had to use a combination of strength training and plyometrics.

Most people spend WAY TOO MUCH TIME focusing on their calves when trying to improve their vertical leap. These are not the muscles you should be worried about. 80 percent of your jumping power comes from the quads and hamstings. Since these are the muscles that give us most of our power, we are going to focus on improving their strength.

The basics are covered. Time for the exercises…

The Best Exercises I Recommend to Increase Your Vertical Leap

If you implement these exercises into your workouts you WILL increase your vertical leap. Just remember, it isn’t going to happen overnight. You will have to train HARD and lift really HEAVY weight to get the results you want.

Just because I was able to increase my vertical with these exercises doesn’t mean that these are the best exercises for you. For instance, maybe you already have really strong quads and hamstrings. If this is the case, then doing heavy squats may not give you the results you want. Instead focus on plyometrics and developing your speed and fast twitch muscle fibers.

However, these WILL be the best for most people. As a guide, if you can’t squat at least twice your body weight then you should use the strength training routine. If you can then do more plyometrics. A few of my favorite exercises that I used are:

- Squats – Deadlifts – Good Mornings – Hamstring Curls – Calve Raises – Knee Ups – Depth Jumps – 50 and 100 Yard Sprints – Use the Jump Rope

During the strength routine you need to focus on lifting as heavy weight as you possibly can. You should be doing 3 sets of 8 with each exercise. Training with 80 percent of you max will insure that you are using all of your muscles fibers and motor units.

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