By Mark Jepson
Are you one of the many people that can't jump high but you love to play sports that favor jumpers? Well, there is some good news for you. You can learn how to jump higher at any age in life.
Jumping is something that many people want to be able to do better. You can start training your body to jump higher by doing what are known as
plyometrics. They are exercises that are designed to increase how how you jump.
Let's take a look at some exercises that will help you improve your vertical jump.
First, lets look at the lunge. What we will do here is take a normal movement such as the lunge and change it so that it will mimic a jumping motion. So take a big step with the right foot in front and then lunge down. Now from this position you will explode up and jump as high as you can, switching the front leg in the air and land with your left leg in front. You will land going into another lunge. This will help your legs get used to going through their full range of motion during jumping movements.
The next exercise will be toe raises. Stand on a step so that only your balls of the feet are on the edge of the stair. We want to go down until there is a stretch in the calf and then we will explode back up to the toes as quickly as possible. This will resemble
jumping and improve the calf strength.
Click here for the [http://plyometricexerciseshowtojumphigher.com]Jump Manual and read more [http://howtojumphigherplyometricexercises.com/how-to-jump-higher-exercises]jump higher exercises here.
Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Mark_Jepson http://EzineArticles.com/?How-to-Jump-Higher---Exercises&id=2642290 |
