since i've heard a lot about people improving their vertical by getting more flexible, i thought, i'd give it a shot and use yoga as part of my training for the VJ.
i'll still do my other vertical jump training which consists of squats, power cleans, lunges, jump squats and kelly badgetts intermediate plyometric workout.
so how does it work. every morining i wake up i do 3 rounds of so called "sun salutations" just to open up the hips in the beginning of the day. <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DwUDy_Ho0mo" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DwUDy_Ho0mo</a>
after that i got a longer session in the afternoon, where i start off by doing somatis to stretch the nerves and relax the muscles. <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FeJlrUPePLc" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FeJlrUPePLc</a> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r39igD7Tj8A" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r39igD7Tj8A</a> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6kMvgv166bo" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6kMvgv166bo</a> i really recommend the somatics! ur body feels fresh as hell afterwards!
then i do another 3 rounds of sun salutations to open the hips again, since i got pretty tight hip flexors. and after that i do the beginner yoga series of yogatic. <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H3vLZqPZxZE" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H3vLZqPZxZE</a> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2fMUPZ4IMQQ" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2fMUPZ4IMQQ</a> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T1Bxd4B7spw" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T1Bxd4B7spw</a>
and after that i usually do some glute stretches since that is one of my tightest muscles. <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gE6mJ0VjK7Y" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gE6mJ0VjK7Y</a>
the videos do look some kind of soft. but the stretches are really good!
the main goal is to become more flexible in the hip area especially! we'll see if it helps my vertical. im not gonna measure it every week, im just gonna tell you how it feels on the court.
i will do this programm for 3 weeks on a daily basis and then move on to some more advanced routines.
i've been thinking about that for a couple of weeks now. because i have noticed that almost every baller i know that smokes a joint every now and then has serious ups! Even if they dont train at all. So i really think that smoking kush might have a positive effect on your VJ because it relaxes your nervous system or something idk. what yall think bout that? lol
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