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In my newly posted video, stop it at :57. The blurry blue container with the pillow on top contains my workout equipment. Everything inside it can be purchased at Walmart.

Weight loss down to 244.6 lbs since starting this thread weighing 249.8 lbs.

there are no secrets in the world of jumping.
If you look around, a lot of the Pro Dunkers lift weights - how much force you put into the ground is helped by having larger and stronger legs and hips, if your not born with them naturally

If you think about throwing an object as heavy as your body into the air, how would you improve that ability?
Easy, get a lot stronger so the body is relatively easy to fling around.
For the same reasons shotputters build a big bench press, yet the human body is far heavier than a shotput!

If you have to buy a product, I would recommend Vertical Jump Bible by Kelly Baggett.

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tUQy0ont5Pk" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tUQy0ont5Pk</a>

Thank you for your comment, and being civil with it. I appreciate you didn't mock me or anything like that.

Anybody on this site purchase "The Mythbuster" (Jordan Kilgannon) tutorial on jumping higher? Just curious.

Could someone please explain how to add a respect point to another persons comment? I can't find out how to do that. Thank you.

Quote from: Too_Old on December 08, 2019, 12:01:59 pm

My current hand spread. Right hand, 9.25 inches. Left hand 9.0 inches. I'll try my hand spreader everyday for a few months and see what happens. Unable to post photo as file size limit is exceeded.

why do u need hand stretcher. 9 inches is huge hands. i have 7 in length hands that are similar to woman size hands and i can ball just fine with D1 competition.

and i dont see how that can POSSIBLY work and make your hands bigger.

Article about importance of hand spread in the NFL.   https://www.cleveland.com/browns/2014/02/nfl_combine_how_do_you_measure.html

Hi LBSS

I'm wanting to get back into shape to play some basketball. Also, I had a former neighbor who was older than me, but she was so obese she could hardly walk and had to use one of those walkers to hold on to, to help her walk and not fall down. Her age was probably late 60's. I need to lose weight so as not to end up like her.

But there is more. I scoured the internet for articles on increasing vertical leap. I'm not disputing that those methods don't work, but many of those exercises that involve jumping like weighted squat jumps, box jumps etc.. These exercises are hard on the knees. I have developed a theory about how one simple exercise that does not  involve your feet leaving the floor, (like jumping hard 200 times a day). I searched the internet to see if anyone else has published an exercise like I just started doing, but I could not find anything like it. I will not reveal what the simple exercise is, because the exercise only takes about 15 minutes to do, and you do it 3 times a week. If my theory works and I can increase my vertical to be able to dunk on a 10 foot rim at 60 years of age, within one year of starting this exercise, would you consider that something extremely valuable?

I recently found an article from 1987 describing Karl Malone's strength training program. https://www.si.com/vault/1987/11/09/116554/lets-get-physical-finesse-is-taking-a-backseat-as-teams-vie-with-each-other-to-get-the-big-bangers-who-can-tough-it-out-under-the-basket    The article stated he lifted weights for 4 hours a day. I am not dissing him as a respected Hall of Fame player. But was his success on the basketball court due to weight lifting 4 hours a day? I don't think so. He could have lifted weights one hour a day and still be a Hall of Fame player. Did his lifting program get him a 45 inch vertical leap? No.

I am looking to disprove the notion that extreme exercise efforts is required to develop a high vertical leap. I'm going to video record everything I do and date stamp when it was recorded. Most of the video's will remain private. I will make public, video's of my weight loss at first. And later when I lose enough weight to jump higher, (as I am right now too heavy to do jumping) I will post those video's public.

If it doesn't work and I'm wrong, then I guess I'll fade away and disappear in time.

Sorry for the long post. Thank you for asking that question.

Let me add that my weight loss efforts are paying off. I've lost some 28 lbs since mid August.

Quote from: Too_Old on December 07, 2019, 07:31:54 pm

I just joined this forum a few days ago and am making this intro posting. I'm 6 feet tall even. I forgot to mention that in the video. I use to play playground basketball back in the 1980's and early 90's until health problems forced me to stop playing. I just bought a cheap basketball today and may get some exercise just shooting hoops and running after the ball at a nearby playground.

I invented something that may interest a lot of you. I couldn't find anything like it on the internet, so I made one myself. It's a "hand spread stretcher". Bought the Velcro strips at Walmart.

https://youtu.be/8JtQiu4PHqE

Russ

cool Russ, thanks for sharing!

i personally wouldn't use something like that for a few reasons:
1. just don't think it would be more effective than "manual" hand stretching - and i don't know if manual hand stretching would help much
2. i feel like palming exercises with an actual ball (or slightly smaller etc), would be more effective
3. i also feel like general hand strength exercises would be more effective (pinch grip training for example), to just improve overall finger strength/dexterity

that said, i'm sure people would try it though.

also, your hand looks enormous in that video, lmao. could just be the camera angle/distortion though.

peace man & welcome!

Thanks adarqui. I will measure my right hand spread sometime today and post a pic with a tape measure to show it's size and then try my stretcher for a few months and then measure again to see what happens. You are correct about just practice palming a basketball. I played ball right handed, and due to that, my right hand spread is wider than my left hand even though I haven't played ball since about 1993.