Hey all,

I'm a 21yo bball player from Melbourne, Australia, (6'0'' in shoes, 81kg (178lbs) standing reach 7'7''). A couple of months ago I watched a vid that was on SI.com about those APS shoes that help you jump higher, and it showed the reporter who was about 6'1'' or so dunking in regular shoes and then in the APS shoes. Of course the shoes are total BS but for some reason it really inspired me to start training seriously for vert. Back when I was younger , around 18 I prob had around 35'' 1foot RVJ thanks to years of sprint/long jump training but over the last few years other things took priority, study mainly. Around 3 mths ago I'd prob gone back to around 29-30'' RVJ and could barely touch ring! Needless to say it was embarrassing to me so I started researching online and found this blog. Been reading for a few months now and also watching adarqui's sweet youtube vid's and thought it was time I joined in. Lately I've been doing a schedule of plyo's and trying to increase squat/deadlift (atm I'm at 275lbx3 and 210lbx6 respectively) in pursuit of my ultimate goal: 38'' RVJ and be able to dunk consistently. Lookin forward to getting advice and contributing to the site along the way!

cheers,
acole14

thanks i will. yeah back then i was doing aths training three times a week and it definitely had a big effect, but back then i never realised how important lower body weights are, i thought they'd lower your vert if anything! lol

haha yeah, i was thinking more how it would be awesome to be able to improve your jumping, speed etc WITHOUT some scam technology, rather just pure hard work!