Guest Post by Scott Bias If you really want to improve your vertical jump, stay aware of your alcohol intake! One of the key ways to improve your vertical jump and overall athletic performance is by keeping body fat off. It’s a pretty simple equation. The less you weigh relative to your strength, the higher [...]
Guest Posts by Scott Bias It’s not da shoes. Could it be da feet? Quads, hamies, calves, gluteus maximus. These are the areas you’re told over and over again to train. The prime movers. Where all the power is generated. No dispute there. Get them as strong as you possibly can. Now lets think about [...]
In the game of Basketball, or any sport for that matter, they stand head and shoulders above the rest. Michael Jordan – Lebron James – Kobe Bryant – Dwayne Wade – Derrick Rose. The great ones are up there for a reason and it’s not always genetics. In fact I would argue that it’s almost [...]
HIIT Helps Explode Your Basketball Skills! If you want to dominate your sport, you’re going to need a few things. A high level of skill at your position if it’s a team sport, dedication to stay with your training and superior athletic conditioning. In this article we will focus on the last one. If you [...]
22Jan12
CNS and Jumping Higher
How CNS Affects Jumping Higher You have something that’s probably more responsible for your level of athleticism than every muscle fiber and tendon in your body put together but few trainers address it. In fact everyone is so busy focusing on muscle strength and fiber type that they tend to forget about what’s causing muscle [...]
Is Cardio Bad for Increasing Your Vertical Jump? Guest Post by Scott Bias It’s very well accepted at this point that when you are training to jump higher, what you need to develop and maximize is fast twitch muscle fiber. These are the muscle fibers responsible for explosive quick movements like jumping, sprinting and changing [...]
20Jan12
Jump Higher with Serious Quads!
Quad Strength is Important to Jumping Higher With all of the vertical jump training advice and information out there pointing toward the glutes and posterior chain (your back side) as being most critical when it comes to athletic power and jumping higher, the quads seem to be taking a back seat these days. This is [...]
11Jan12
Setting up bands to jump higher
Bands are an advanced and very effective way to increase your vertical leap. There are several advantages to using bands: 1. Bands descend faster than gravity providing an accelerated eccentric. Lifting against the resistance of high velocity trains your muscles to react faster! 2. Bands have variable resistance curve. Like a rubber band the resistance [...]
Guest Post by Scott Bias This simple tip may seem like the opposite of what you think you should be doing when you plant and start your jumping motion, but it really works. Relax. What I mean by relax is this – Just before you plant your feet to start your upward momentum make sure [...]
Guest Post by Scott Bias Training Tip to Increase Your Vertical Jump This training tip is a very simple but extremely effective thing you can do to maximize your training results over time and it’s also very easy. First, let me ask you a question. Where were you and what were you doing on Friday, [...]
