How to Increase Your Vertical – 2 Exercises
If you are considering increasing your jump height, there are several thing that need to be included in your training in order to have good results. The next 2 drills are a good beginning or place to start your jumping exercises.
Dumbbell squat jumps are a good starting workout. They are a plyometric exercise that you need to use in order to strengthen your hip explosion muscles, core and legs mainly. For this exercise, you'll need dumbbells and a flat floor. Do not attempt this exercise if you are just starting out or not in decent shape because you can hurt yourself. Start out with weights that you feel comfortable completing the set with. Put your feet at shoulder width apart and hold the dumbbells at your sides. Squat and then jump upwards. Do 10-15 reps per set and 3 sets per session.
Here's another unique full body work out, keg tosses. You will find this exercise in the world's strongest man workout. This drill will strengthen your core, upper body strength and hip explosion muscles. Squat down in front of the beer keg when its on its side. You'll want to pick up the keg by its sides and throw it upwards as hard as you can. DO NOT try to catch the keg as you will severely hurt yourself. Do this till you can not throw it again. You are going to feel almost completely worn out after this exercrise.
If you want more workouts like this, then check out the Jump Manual by Jacob Hiller. If you want to seriously increase your vertical by 10-25 inches, then I highly recommend you check out this book. Don't let me sell you on the book, look up the Jump Manual review while you are still interested in increasing your jump height. I hope that you have great success in your progress to jump higher!
