Easy Way to Happiness

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.

So this is where a proper jump training program comes into play. Plyometrics can cause that reaction to fire with much more power which results in you jumping much higher. Don’t think that lifting weights is all you need to get air. You don’t see many bodybuilders dunking do you?

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. Okay, so once you are ready to do plyos you need to make sure to do them when your legs aren’t tired or sore. Don’t do a leg workout and then plyos. You need to jump your highest each time if you want to be able to jump higher.