Plyometrics Training - How it Increases Your Vertical Jump

With the correct plyometric training you can increase your vertical jump by up to 12 inches! That is a really significant change, I will explain how.

I will list one way in this article on how to increase your vertical jump using plyometrics, but remember there are several!

Increase your Vertical jump with traditional weight training

This is one branch of the plyometric vertical jump training, this method uses exercises such as squats, lunges, leg presses and toe raises. This is a heavy load program but there is little repetition, you do each exercise about 4-6 times.

Many would ask. Why is this method an effective way to increase your vertical jump ability? The answer is that in vertical jumping you need to use a lot of power from your body and power is a combination of strength and speed.

Therefore a weight training program that improves your strength can improve your power and increase your vertical jump ability.

However as you become stronger and get on more strength your speed decreases as well and so does your power since your speed is a branch of power as well. So if you're an expert/experienced person in weight lifting this method will not benefit you as much as the other methods might.

This method is more beneficial for beginners to gain more strength, the plyometric traditional weight training is safe, easy and highly effective way to increase your power at the beginning. You run at a very low risk of injury of spraining when using these simple methods.

As I stated earlier, this is just one of the many methods with which you can increase your vertical jump.