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To the average person walking into a weight room, folks look like they all know what they are doing.  Believe it or not, even with experienced athletes and trainers, people usually look like they know what they are doing. Training can look right, can feel hard, and can fool you into thinking you are making progress, when really, you might be turning your wheels. The difference between successful training and “going nowhere” is extremely slight. Training at low intensity for years, with improper form will do little more than maintain your biological homeostasis. In order to progress, you have to go slightly beyond your comfort zone. Furthermore, most effective training doesn’t yield fruits unless is is maintained over a period of time with patience and diligence.  I’ve seen many folks on the right track jump ship because of impatience. On the other hand, most ineffective training doesn’t produce it’s “bad fruit” unless it is maintained of a period of time.  However, if you persevere in error the effects will eventual catch up to you.  Improper recovery, warm ups, or form may not make a difference today, tomorrow, or even next month.  As the French saying goes, “Little by little the bird makes his nest.”

Bottom line:

Improper training, the longer it is maintained will lead you further form your desired goal.  A few degrees of course may seem insignificant, but as time passes the mistakes will compile to outrageous level Or “going through the motions” can leave us putting in effort, day by day, only to find ourselves walking in circles and not going anywhere.  It’s often said that insanity is do the same things, and expecting different results. Proper training, when maintained over a period of time will lead you to your goal 1 step at a time.  Be smart, or get smart, stay motivated and disciplined, and don’t jump ship before you reach the treasure. It’s this slight difference over time that turns regular folks into champions.  In general champions are slowly created by the habits we create and maintain.  It’s the small things that eventually make us great or insignificant.  The difference between success and failure is actually so small, that many of of miss it entirely.

I’m borderline obsessed with the vertical jump. Ok, there I said it.  It’s out… But seriously, if you are here, you are probably also obsessed with defying gravity, and getting serious air. There is just something transcending about being able to rise up over other mortals in a dominating display of athleticism.

In case you wanted it, here are a couple of reasons to justify your obsession with the vertical jump!

1. The vertical jump is one of, if not the top predictor of athletic ability.

Of course athletic assessments are only of value if they are very sport specific, but a vertical jump tells us many things about an athlete.  If an athlete has a strong standing vertical jump, we know his relative strength is high.  We know he is strong in comparison to his own body weight, which tells us they he is probably capable in other athletic tests of agility, because he is not “slugged” down by his own bodyweight. A good jumper is not only strong, but he is explosive.  This means the athlete is capable of recruiting their strength in short bursts, and is capable of great power output for many movements. Many movements originate with the jumping muscles: punching, javelin, discus, gymnastics, shot put, ice skating, spiking, swinging a bat, playing cricket, pitching.  As someone who specialized in vertical jump training I’ve been able to make adjustments for countless sports.  Next week I’m rolling out an adaptation for punching power here in India! So reason number one is basically this.  If you can jump high, you’re likely to be a bad mofo.

2. Building an effective vertical jump involves all of the main techniques for elite athleticism.

Becoming a powerful leaper… I’m not talking a decent or average jumper…  I’m talking the type of jumper that turns heads and drops jaws … this requires development of several different athletic systems.

• Plyometrics / reactive ability
• Development of limit strength
• Rate of force development
• Flexibility
• Agility and coordination
• Body composition
• Nutrition
• Program design and periodization
• Recovery and regeneration

Mastering an understanding of a vertical leap will make other training goals seem simple.  Training for pure strength or muscle size will be a fairly straightforward endeavor. Some trainers will have you believe “increasing your vertical leap is simple!” ummm… yeah right.  Making a few gains on your vertical leap is simple.  An understanding of mastering the art, is not simple.  If it was  there wouldn’t be hundreds of books written about it, and there’d be 40 inch vertical leaps strutting around in every local court.  Of course myself and other trainers are trying to make the mastery of the vertical leaps more accessible to people who haven’t spent half their lives studying it! So reason number two is basically this. If you understand the training systems and principles that go into mastering your vertical leap… your probably a bad mofo you’re properly equipped to attack the pursuit of nearly any athletic goal.

NOTE: I realize that every sport has it’s infinitesimal level of detail, and I’m not downplaying that.  This is mostly me being excited about my training niche, so don’t take it personally!

The world advances, and each new generation quickly absorbs knowledge from passing generations and advances.  Meanwhile the passing generation clings onto the principles it lived and survived on, declaring most confusing developments as “newfangled”. We have seen the history of training many advancements.  Sometimes we even reach back and grab up principles and techniques we nearly left behind.  One thing is clear, the body of knowledge available to the athlete is enormous.  The only downfall to this, is that it’s overwhelming, and time consuming, but never the less it is available.

Some countries are far behind in training technology.

As I travel the world and visit training centers all over the globe it is also clear that each country has different foci and some countries are far behind.  Counseling with top coaches and athletes in India was a true eye opener.  In many ways training technology is far behind.  I could spend the rest of my life just getting gyms and organizations in India up to speed.  Of course, each country also teaches me, and in India I am learning much about Yoga, and mostly the benefits it can provide athletes mainly in the form of hip mobility, and muscular restoration. We have Russia on the horizon this year.  A country which has led many training enhancements.  The teaching of dedicated trainers such as Yuri Verkhoshansky are still trickling down.  Most athletes don’t have the time or patience to sift through the dense wealth of information they left behind. In America we have many athletic movements.  Yoga, Tai bo, Pilates, Cross Fit, High intensity training, west side, p90x… the list goes on.  But I also see a new breed. The new breed of athletes has been able to gradually soak up the information without getting “sucked” in to one fitness faction or another.  This athlete realizes that each training method serves a specific function, and uses each technique and practice as another tool, in their training toolbox.

The new breed of athletes each has specific training goals, but doesn’t see a need to ascribe to one of the fitness cliques in order to make serious progress.

I see these athletes as becoming enlightened about the bodies abilities and how to properly stress and recover the body to achieve any training benefit they desire.  Equipped with the proper knowledge, the enlightened athlete can properly assess new training fads and practices with a proper measure of effectiveness.  An enlightened athlete doesn’t needs hype, but instead is motivated by their knowledge that proper training is followed by it’s inevitable reward. It’s these athletes and trainers who will lead the way to athletic achievements that we have yet to behold! Get ‘er done! Jacob Hiller How to jump higher

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