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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.
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