We’ve come across a thrilling new solution for those that desire to increase their vertical leap.

Kurt Howard is a trainer who made a vertical leap training program that has been on sites such as ESPN.com, NBA.com, CBSSports.com, NYTimes.com and MensHealth.co.uk called Vertical Explosion.

He saw 3 main problems when athletes try vertical jump training, “and these mistakes were absolutely killing their results!”

1. Athletes only focus on the large muscles when you need to target all the muscles critical for jumping to get the full jumping potential to dunk.
2. Athletes sometimes train in the incorrect “mode” of endurance muscle training, when vertical leap depends only on explosive muscle training. The explosiveness of your muscles determines how high you jump.
3. Training programs usually tend to focus on one type training style which minimizes results, when one should utilize all three, plyometrics, weight lifting, and jumping exercises to maximize results.

Howard has a simple training program that offers training to all specific muscles and all three training styles. He has many success stories like a gain of 5 inches in first 4 weeks.

Below is further explanation of the three most common mistakes:

The first mistake is when athletes only focus on the large muscles involved in jumping. “It’s no secret that you need to be working on your quads and calves…but by only focusing on a couple muscles you will never reach your full jumping potential. It just won’t happen!”

Training only the big muscles will cause you to hit a plateau. “To break through this plateau and take your vertical above it you MUST target all the muscles that are critical for jumping. When you do, you are then able to squeak out those extra inches that can be a real difference maker.”

When you train you are either working your muscle endurance or you are working your muscle explosiveness. “Muscle endurance is awesome if you are a long distance runner but not helpful if you are looking to increase your vertical jump. To increase your vertical jump you need MUSCLE EXPLOSIVENESS.”

“Think about this…Do you want to be able to jump continuously for 20 minutes or do you want to be able to explode off the ground quickly and high? Then you need to focus on muscle explosiveness and kick that muscle endurance training to the curb!”

Plyometrics, Weight Lifting, and Jumping Exercises – each of these training styles is effective to a certain degree.

Most athletes use only ONE of these training styles. If you only use one then you are only going to get minimal gains! You need to incorporate all three styles to maximize your gains.

Be sure to check them out, the program is called Vertical Explosion.

Good Luck,
Nico
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