How to Get Fast Twitch Muscle: Rest
Humans have two basic types of muscle fibers – Type I (Slow twitch) and Type II (Fast Twitch). Type II fibers are further separated into Type IIa (producing high power/fast twitch) and Type IIx (producing the highest power/fastest twitch). If you want to jump higher, sprint faster, and be overall more explosive, you need to:…
JACKEDTHLETE – High Frequency Training
JACKED [jakt] adjective – (of a person) having very well-developed muscles. ATHLETE [ˈaTHˌlēt] noun – a person who is proficient in sports and other forms of physical exercise. JACKEDTHLETE is meant for competitive athletes desiring both the physical development to compete at a high level (strength, explosiveness, etc.) paired with juicy muscularity (“look good to…
How to Jump Higher: Accentuated Eccentrics
Holding weight in the hands and dropping it before going upwards in a jump is known as Accentuated Eccentric Loading. Compared to normal body weight jumping, this method proves to be more effective. Short-term: In elite male volleyball players, block jumps were performed at Body Weight and with a 20kg eccentric load. The body weight jumps were…
How to Jump Higher: Ankle Dorsiflexion
Bad ankles can decrease your vertical jump. You can have a strong and powerful hip, but ultimately force has to travel through the ankle. The ankle muscles contribute significantly to jump height [1], but they also ‘link’ hip and knee extension into the ground. Normal energy transfer and biomechanics are a product of decent levels…
Instantly Jump Higher and Lift Heavier: Post-Activation Potentiation
Potentiation. Noun. The increase in strength of nerve impulses along pathways that have been used previously, either short-term or long-term. You spend months trying to jump higher and increase strength numbers. What if you could be stronger and more explosive every time you entered the gym? Enter Post-Activation Potentiation (PAP): PAP is the phenomenon by which…
How to Jump Higher: Study – Pelvic Adjustment
In training, it’s always difficult to find the reason why a certain program was effective or ineffective. This is because we don’t live in a vacuum. We are permeable membranes. Stress, lifestyle, recovery, and a hundred other things affect our results from the gym. Maybe the reason you didn’t get stronger or jump higher was because of…
How to Jump Higher: 3 Things I Learned Gaining 3.5 Inches on my Vertical Jump in 10 Days
Over the last 10 days, I saw these results: Standing Jump from 31.5 inches to 34.5 inches (+3.0 inches) Approach Jump from 34 inches to 37.5 inches (+3.5 inches) Here are some things I learned: 1) You Should Be Doing Band Assisted Jumps Video: Research: Study here, here, here, and here showing that assisted jump training is effective at improving jumping ability. Sidenote: You may not even have…
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