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Hence why I said "if".

Btw, LBBS, how has that arthritis affected your training and VJ aspirations?

sorry, completely missed this when you posted it. the arthritis has two main effects. first, it means i can't really get a proper toe-off. my big toes are quite inflexible, as you might imagine, and my gait at all times -- walking, running, jumping -- works around that fact. caused no shortage of pain up and down my legs as i adjusted my gait in my early 20s. second, it means my toes hurt like crazy some of the time, and that negatively impacts my ability to train. the pain is unpredictable: right now i have none in either foot but on sunday evening my left toe hurt so much that i was almost limping, and sometimes it's in between, so i can train but not really do anything max effort.

I'm back! I'm almost done with PT and just began jumping again, but my ankle still feel sore. The surgery was a 100% success . My standing vertical has fallen to 23.5" from 10 months of inactivity/atrophy and my running vertical has fallen to 26.5". My left leg currently has a standing vertical jump of 19" and my right leg has a standing vertical jump of...9". So, basically, my right leg is doing nothing at the moment. My PT tested my single leg broad jumps for both my limbs and said that my broad jump with my left leg was the furthest distance she ever measured! Any tips for such asymmetry? Thanks!

welcome back! glad you're on the mend.

Thanks!! I noticed that you've added in single leg standing vertical jumps in your journal. Any idea what your maximum SL VJ is? Mine was 21.5" with my left leg prior to my surgery.

This look high? I think I jumped 35 inches in this pic (last year)...

definitely high.

I'm back! I'm almost done with PT and just began jumping again, but my ankle still feel sore. The surgery was a 100% success . My standing vertical has fallen to 23.5" from 10 months of inactivity/atrophy and my running vertical has fallen to 26.5". My left leg currently has a standing vertical jump of 19" and my right leg has a standing vertical jump of...9". So, basically, my right leg is doing nothing at the moment. My PT tested my single leg broad jumps for both my limbs and said that my broad jump with my left leg was the furthest distance she ever measured!

damn that's great news that it was so successful..

Any tips for such asymmetry? Thanks!

the asymmetry in those jump tests is not only due to strength etc, it's also neurological. meaning, you may never get your right leg anywhere near your left on a single leg SVJ, due to motor learning/skill etc.

you could perform some single joint strength measurements like knee extension, hamstring curl, calf raise, hip extension.. and then compare those. That would give you asymmetry measurements specific to strength. Could also do the same for multi joints, BSS/Lunge etc.

Unilateral strength training will definitely help with general strength imbalances.. you should definitely incorporate unilateral lifts into your regime. But for things dynamic in nature (jumping etc), you'd have to do a TON of work to even them out.. simply practicing some of those SL SVJ's and SL broad jumps with either leg will help.. so will very light RVJ's, progressing as you get stronger.

just don't think you need to even out those SL SVJ jump numbers.

pc!

How do you do a single leg STANDING vertical jump? Stay on one leg, swing the non-jumping leg and jump?

Balance on one leg, whilst knowing your reach, jump and then touch an overhead target (in my case I have an 8'6 ceiling in my room).

Quote from: Raptor on February 06, 2016, 09:20:24 pm

How do you do a single leg STANDING vertical jump? Stay on one leg, swing the non-jumping leg and jump?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c-YAoCuqXTs

also alestor i don't know how high mine are. not very.

Looks around 18" if I had to guess. But, I could be wrong. Only proper way to tell is to have an overhead target that is reachable and tell from there.