I've always jump to see how high I get over the basketball rim and Im 2" from getting my whole hand over the rim. I'm 6'0" tall so that helps. Also how long did it take you to get that strong I just started doing squats and I barely get 170 lbs 2x how long does it take till I'm doing 8 reps of that? And how often would you recommend I do them. Meaning, should I practice daily, every other day...
Any advice on getting stronger in my lower body would be greatly appreciated!
That's pretty good! I don't know any girls who are even close to touching the rim. I'm kinda short, but I still think it's possible some day
During my first months of weight training, I did parallell squats. After about 6 months, I started doing full atg squats and half squats at 120 degree angle. (I know a lot of european world class athletes do it that way) That's what I would recommend.
As a start you can do weightlifting twice a week. Power cleans, back-jerks/jerks, squats, lunges and calf-raises etc are great exercices. Pick one explosive lift, one strength lift and one plyometric exercise each session
And then increase the volume/variety of exercices after a while.
Good luck!