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ian459:
I am 20 year old and trying to improve my vertical. I am 5'10, 155 pounds, and had a heavy tennis background during my high school years. I am decently athletic and pretty quick at my feet.

My current stats after around 3 months of training vertical:

Standing reach: 7'6''
SVJ: 27-28''. I'm probably 2-3 inches from the rim.
Two leg running vertical: ~33-34''. I can get 2-3 knuckles over the rim.
Max squat: 260

My current program: Train legs 3x a week: one strength day, one power day (jump squats, etc.), and one plyometric day.

Any tips and comments would be appreciated!

LBSS:
standing vertical or running vertical? like, are you trying to dunk or do you just want to be able to jump higher from a standstill?

ian459:
I'm trying to improve running vertical most (off two legs) but still trying to do both. Am I supposed to train this differently in the weightroom? I know I'm supposed to practice the technique of running and jumping off two feet often.

LBSS:

--- Quote from: ian459 on November 16, 2013, 12:02:33 pm ---I'm trying to improve running vertical most (off two legs) but still trying to do both. Am I supposed to train this differently in the weightroom? I know I'm supposed to practice the technique of running and jumping off two feet often.

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nah, as long as you're practicing jumping a lot the gym part isn't as important. i'm not sure i'd set up a microcycle the way you did but i'm not gonna tell you what you're doing is wrong, either.

ian459:
I was doing an undulating periodization routine. Do you think a macrocycle periodization routing is better? (6 strength weeks, followed by a few weeks power, and then a few weeks speed/explosiveness is better)

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