Alright then, so you have a bit of an idea of what plyometrics is all about. So...
Let me tell you this then..
TVP is really really overpriced. The most valuable part is the ideals it implies on nutrition, and the timing of it concerning your workout. Bottom line 2 save you 370 bucks: eat protein after working out with weights, and if your doing plyometrics take a msm chondroitin glucosamine supplement.
I want to try and summarise what it takes to jump higher completely within a paragraph. or 2
Your standing vertical leap (no run up) is directly correlated to the amount of weight you can deadlift, squat and most importantly, powerclean. The average standing jump for NBA players would be about 30-34 inches, and thats no bullshit. If you want to know anything about vertical jump you'll accept this as a fact.
So it's before your eyes then::: start a weight routine incorporating these lifts,, feel good as your RMs improve and watch your vertical go up.
The plyometric training to jumping IS NOT covered in TVP at all so beware. I also tried to buy power plyos through an email link and spent the money but couldnt access it so.. if anyone can help me out there... (I'm dumd)
Get An Idea Of What Plyometrics is doing. Try this: measure your standing vertical. measure it again whilst performing a depth jump. It's higher. Your body is converting some of the downward energy into elastic energy which results in a higher jump.
My ceiling at home is about 220-240cm. A standing jump gets me nowhere near it. If i do a depth jump off a chair i crack my head on the roof. the difference between my standing vertical and my best vertical is my plyometric ability.
Plyometrics Intro
In his own experience, weight training and skill refinement are the ways to see fast imrovements in your vertical jump. After that, plyometrics comes into the equation.
Plyometrics came about in the 70's after Russian high jump coaches started experimenting with different training techniques to get an edge.
The goal of plyometric training is to increase the amount of explosive power a muscle can exert by fooling its fibres to react to a higher reflex potential than what they would without training.To put it a bit more simply, think of a ruber band being stretched and released. Now imagine the band is your quadricep (the muscles above your knee and below your waist). Plyometric training increases the force which the band can be stretched by, (crouching down for a jump stretches the quadricep) and therefore contracted by too (jumping contracts the quadricep).
So how we do it? The most effective way to train this stretch reflex is by jumping. How convenient and fun! Plyometrics is really any activity that involves jumping, because it stretches the muscles a bit. But All the Real effective overload plyometrics involve jumping off somewhere higher than your measured vertical jump, landing, and then jumping up again.
Plyometrics came about in the 70's after Russian high jump coaches started experimenting with different training techniques to get an edge.
The goal of plyometric training is to increase the amount of explosive power a muscle can exert by fooling its fibres to react to a higher reflex potential than what they would without training.To put it a bit more simply, think of a ruber band being stretched and released. Now imagine the band is your quadricep (the muscles above your knee and below your waist). Plyometric training increases the force which the band can be stretched by, (crouching down for a jump stretches the quadricep) and therefore contracted by too (jumping contracts the quadricep).
So how we do it? The most effective way to train this stretch reflex is by jumping. How convenient and fun! Plyometrics is really any activity that involves jumping, because it stretches the muscles a bit. But All the Real effective overload plyometrics involve jumping off somewhere higher than your measured vertical jump, landing, and then jumping up again.
