Anyone Use a Program to Increase Your Vertical Jump?

[rimam1]

There are a few programs on the internet that claim to help you increase your vertical.

Anyone tried any of them?

[dkathleticperf]

There are a few programs on the internet that claim to help you increase your vertical.

Anyone tried any of them?

Programs online sometimes will and sometimes won't work, but they are never the most efficient way of increasing any aspect of athleticism, let alone vertical.

How are these cookie cutter programs supposed to be effective for everyone? What if a powerlifter wanted to increase his vertical jump? What if an average guy who never lifted weights before but plays lots of basketball wants to increase his vertical jump? They both will require DRASTICALLY different programs/methods to increase their vertical. They key is to get a customized program catering to the needs of the INDIVIDUAL after taking into consideration their training history, strength, movement efficiency, speed, current ability, etc... which NONE of these programs do. They just have a laid out cookie cutter program for everyone to follow, not taking into consideration any of the various factors that all play an important role

[MikaHell]

Personally, I did the Jump Manual twice. It worked for me as I dunked for the first time at age 30 and after breaking my leg.

But I agree that it doesn't work for everyone!

[rimam1]

Thanks MikaHell.

Does the JumpManual include any upper body exercises at all? Things like bench press, overhead press, rows, dips, pullups, etc?

I want to go through the program but also want to keep doing these upper body exercises as well.

Thanks

[MikaHell]

No but it does have core series.

You can always add upper body to your training as well, that's what I did as well

[BDSMBBW]

Check out Vertical Jump Bible - google it, u will find great info.

[ballerballer]

Jump manual worked best for me. I gained 8 inches of vertical jump.

[PhillipQ25]

Programs online sometimes will and sometimes won't work, but they are never the most efficient way of increasing any aspect of athleticism, let alone vertical.

How are these cookie cutter programs supposed to be effective for everyone? What if a powerlifter wanted to increase his vertical jump? What if an average guy who never lifted weights before but plays lots of basketball wants to increase his vertical jump? They both will require DRASTICALLY different programs/methods to increase their vertical. They key is to get a customized program catering to the needs of the INDIVIDUAL after taking into consideration their training history, strength, movement efficiency, speed, current ability, etc... which NONE of these programs do. They just have a laid out cookie cutter program for everyone to follow, not taking into consideration any of the various factors that all play an important role

So how would one go about finding the best training program for themselves if these programs are not ideal. Obviously not everyone has the info to create a solid program that works for themself (Including myself).

[krakkerz]

So how would one go about finding the best training program for themselves if these programs are not ideal. Obviously not everyone has the info to create a solid program that works for themself (Including myself).

On this very forum, there are a number of excellent resources. There is a sticky by EndlineTraining at the top with detailed information on how to design holistic training for American Football, Basketball, etc. Plus, there are a number of other threads of his which show various aspects. For Soccer, Rugby, Field Hockey, etc my thread on year-round training has the detail required.

They show how to put a program together in as complex as you like and can be adjusted to suit specific goals.