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What To Focus On
In Order To Increase Jumping Ability
If
you want to stand any chance
of increasing your vertical leap, you have to be willing to put in the
hard work and long hours. However, no matter how many hours you
dedicate to your workout, you will see little to no results if it is
not the right method. Here are some things to focus on when trying to
increase jumping ability.
The
first thing you will want to
strengthen is the Tibialis Anterior. This is the muscle that is located
on the shin and can actually have a drastic impact on your jumping
ability. In addition, it will improve your quickness when jumping from
the ground. This muscle helps stabilize the lower leg thus allowing you
to jump with far greater force.
So
how can you strengthen the
Tibialis Anterior? One method is to simply walk around on your heels
without touching the ground with the ball of your foot. This is a
starting point that can be done anywhere at any time, but there are
countless other ways to increase the strength of this muscle.
Next,
focus on building the
strength of your toe muscles. Become familiar with Flexor Hallucis
Longus, which are small muscles that go from the lower leg down to the
big doe. You can work these muscles by curling in or crunching your
toes, or pushing up onto the tip of your toes and staying like that for
10 seconds. Few recognize how much of an impact this can have on their
leaping ability.
If
you really want to increase
jumping ability you need to build fast twitch muscle fibers. In order
to do this properly, you have to build the workout according to your
needs. Determine whether you are looking to build power or endurance
which will help determine how to build fast twitch muscle fibers.
Typically,
you are best off
focusing on high-intensity drills that are short like sprinting or box
jumps. This trains your muscles to react quickly while taking on the
force that is required to lift yourself into the air.
The
last tip to help increase
jumping ability is to actually trick your nervous system into thinking
your body is lighter than it is. Baseball players do this before every
bat by loading a weight on their bat and taking some practice swings.
When it comes time to step up to the plate, they feel the bat is much
lighter than it really is allowing them to swing quicker.
You
can do this by jumping with
a medicine ball, wearing weighted shoes, or wearing a weighted vest.
When you remove the weighted shoes or vest you will feel lighter than a
feather making you think you can jump higher than usual.
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