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« on: November 16, 2015, 10:09:40 am »
I like how he gathered like for a one leg jump at 0:58
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Yeah I changed to my real name.
It is an effective exercise but since I was maxing out I compromised form except for the third repetition. Yeah I used to sometimes put my feet on 10lb plates to get that extra achilles tendon involved, so wearing jumpsoles would be good. I usually just do these standing now, excpet I haven't done much lifting this summer since I've been doing bounding + sofa and vert been skyrocketing so doesn't matter. But today I did them again and I like them because I can target the vastus lateralis very well but can't in lunges or anything else as much. You can also rotate the bar as you lift it up, it's tremendous.
Another great variation is once I lift the weight up, I drop it down as fast as possible witout letting it hit the floor (pretty much my feet temporarily leave the floor while hips drop) and this rips up everything quite well, then jump back up. Can do that with lunges, squats, anything as long as the load is moderate and you don't kill yourself.
In all honesty though, that the running vertical jump lift is just a nitpicky way to train slightly more specifically. You'll get similar results in squats except glute/ham activation better with this
Secret society exercise #2. Riding a 6 foot unicycle
In the words of Alex Maroko, this exercise is awesome. I was told that it has to be a 6 foot unicycle, in order to trick the CNS into thinking you are 45+ inches off the ground, which helps to rewire your cns and give you a new sense of kinesthesia, making your current vert feel like easy work. You must also not wear a helmet, because this causes the fight or flight response to kick in and helps to enlarge the adrenals so that you can produce more adrenaline when dunking. Another interesting aspect of this exercise, is that if you pull back on the pedal stroke, it really hits the hip flexors hard blu, real hard. This will help you land BTL's alot easier with your new vert, as now you can explosive hip flex at elite levels and get the ball between your legs much easier.