[Bdub]

Bdub on July 17, 2009 at 1:54 am #15991

hey guys very cool forum!!! Im a skinny white dude and ive been working on strengthening my legs, (first started with an illness and now just want to get my legs in shape) Im 6’0 about 155 soaking wet. Is a running jump over a 45″ rope pulling my legs up considered to be decent or good? I’ll jump some things, but certain things I cant, fences, etc… I know that’s a mental thing. Im hanging on the rim as of last week. I’m thinking, by early next week or the end of this next week I SHOULD be throwing it down, at the minimal levels of course. Diet is pretty good, my body is long and lanky, Im doing all this just for personal benefit, anyone have any tips for better jumps or conditioning, thanks, brian

[dan1990]

dan1990 on July 17, 2009 at 5:46 am #86436

i think some muscle would help your jumping…i reccomend getting vertfreak it helped me put 5 inchs on my vertical to get to 35″..if you have no money higher faster site will help..focus on getting stronger in squats and oly lifts if you can learn them and i also like bulgarian split squats..i hink the squat really correlates well with vertical jump ..get stronger at squatting while practising jumping and it should help your hops

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[Matt Norquist]

Matt Norquist on July 18, 2009 at 12:23 am #86459

Agree – Do some squats and dead lifts, and cleans – these will increase your body’s capacity to respond well to plyos and other jumping programs.

A running jump over 45″ is not that great, but if you are just trying to boost your vertical for dunking or whatever, then I wouldn’t be too concerned about what you can jump over 🙂

The other thing that will help you jump higher?? Just plain jumping. When I was really into working on my vertical jump – 2-3 times per week, I would get really warmed up and then do a series of 1 and 2 footed jumps as high as I could go. Maybe 10 jumps off each leg and 10 off 2 legs – trying to jump a little higher each week than the previous.