Leap Your Very Best: By Making Use Of 5 Various Physical Exercises Adapted To Optimize Your Own Jumping Potential
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You’re a human being, so you can’t simply imagine you’re a bird and fly, right? It’s the same with achieving your highest vertical leap—it takes work. Because we’re limited in our latent abilities, making progress in anything requires work. A great discipline to get into, if you want your highest vertical jump, is to practice diligently these 5 jumps.
This jump is a bit difficult to do, which means it will take some work. That’s OK. You jump off the ground using your heels, and as you leave the floor, point your toes as vertically as you can. You need to keep those heels off the floor, and prevent those knees from bending at all as you jump or hit the ground. When you do land, immediately leap back up in a rhythmic motion. Be disciplined about not resting.
The second exercise you’ll do is commonly called the “box jump.” If you can, use plyometric boxes to do this. Buy a landing platform like a stable box—or make one—that’s as high as your vertical leap. Start on top of the box, hop down and then land like a cat, smoothly. Absorb the shock with your knees, and you may even squat to do it. Keep raising the starting height, until you can’t land smoothly.
Next up is the vertical jump, go figure. This really helps add to your leap, gaining your highest vertical. Simply jump up, hard as you can and land on a solid landing platform, such as a plyometric box or something similar. The real trick will be to jump down and then immediately back up. You’ll want to make sure you land on something stable and adjustable in height or stackable.
Fourth on the list is the stepping stool jump. This requires more forward-thinking, as you’ll need several heights, about 4-5 total will do. Line them up from the little guy to the big one, and simply do the vertical jump at each one, leaping down and then back up as swiftly as you can. Allowing only a little rest is the key to train for the highest vertical jump.
Finally you have what is actually two jumps combined, the vertical and the box jump. You begin standing on a box as high as your vertical jump now stands. Hop down from it. As soon as you land, reverse course and explode into a vertical jump. This will teach your body to absorb impact, explode into action and then jump as high as you can. Don’t stop when you feel the agonizing burn, you’ll reach your goal!
