Jacob Hiller

Setting up bands to jump higher

January 10, 2012 Read the full article →
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Bands are an advanced and very effective way to increase your vertical leap.  There are several advantages to using bands: 1. Bands descend faster than gravity providing an accelerated eccentric.  Lifting against the resistance of high velocity trains your muscles to react faster! 2. Bands have variable resistance curve.  Like a rubber band the resistance [...]

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Crazy Outdoor Mexican Workout

December 19, 2011 Read the full article →
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Check out this loco gym I ran into in Mexico city. Dropped some quick vids of working out. Great crew here and awesome camaraderie with local meat heads. I’ll be hitting this place up on the regular.

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Balance Overtraining and Results

December 3, 2011 Read the full article →
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Train too hard with not enough rest period and you will eventually surpass your ability to recover and make gains in your athletic ability. Train at low levels of stimulation and risk slow or no gains. Chronic over training is not something that will happen in one exercise setting. Chronic overt raining is when the [...]

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Vertical Jump Before and After Testimonial

December 2, 2011 Read the full article →
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A customer on Facebook recently posted a great before and after of their jumping skills after using The Jump Manual. I need to start posting more of our backdated testimonials.  I loved this one so decided to post it right away. Look how high his head is by the net in each picture. So awesome… [...]

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Reversal speed and training technique.

November 21, 2011 Read the full article →
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Focus on this point during your training to accelerate your results.    Focusing on the reversal of direction allows you to put the greatest amount of tension on your muscle in order to induce faster and more effective training results. For athletic movement initiating changes of directions at high speeds and with great power will [...]

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Single leg supremacy series

October 23, 2011 Read the full article →
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Build an explosive body ANYWHERE with single leg work. What better place than the top of this volcano to talk about single leg squats.  Why?  Because single leg squats can be done anywhere. Utilizing one leg allows you to place great tension without any weights and thus build strength. Using one leg employs ONE point [...]

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39 year old dunker

October 21, 2011 Read the full article →
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Andy Nicholson tracks his dunking jumping progress from day one on his blog. Andy has been contacting me and coming to coaching sessions fro the very beginning.  It’s been fun to watch him go from barely touching the rim to dunking a basketball. Check out his progress on his blog and youtube channel. You can [...]

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Weight training required to jump higher?

October 14, 2011 Read the full article →
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Weight training is always a heated subject to discus.  IS weight training required in order to increase your vertical leaping ability? Check out the video for the 2 minute answer. Make sense?  Comment below…. Weight lifting is a tool and has it’s uses. It should be understood what type a tool it is.

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Jump Higher by Quickly Losing Fat.

October 12, 2011 Read the full article →

Visit http://freeverticaljumptraining.com/ to view more articles and videos on how to jump higher. You can also find helpful tips from other users on how to increase your vertical jump.

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Jumping higher is impossible without this.

October 11, 2011 Read the full article →
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Without going pass the improvement zone, jumping higher is literally impossible.  Without this level of intensity you can never prepare place the proper stress on your body that generates explosive results.

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