Contrary to popular belief the quads only contribute 5% or less to the vertical jump.
I find this hard to believe.
Kelly bagget says that a 2 footed vertical jump is a quad dominant activity.
quads 5% of VJ LMFAO
where the hell is jack cascio when you need him.. same shit.
listen, i won't read anything anyone has to say on the matter of jumping if they believe quads are "5%" of vertical jump.
lmao @ 5% im still laughing.
here's my top exercises for vert:
1. improve squat (deep, half, pin, front, whatever) to 2.5-3.5xBW (the deeper you go, the closer you can be to "2.5x", the higher you go, the more you need to be 3-3.5x... sounds heavy dont it? STFU AND GET IT)
2. low bodyfat
3. jump alot (3-4x/week max)
4. incorporate reactive/rebounding exercises
5. maintain/improve fitness, never get out of shape
6. short maximal sprints
7. shitloads of caffeine on peaking days
8. improve calf strength under tension (calf raises)
9. extra glute/ham work (reverse hyper, glute bridges, 45deg hyper, lunges)
10. improve general upperbody strength, especially being able to perform various pullups very explosively
11. some sort of explosive arm swing exercise, could be hip dominant or not, ie plate swings, db swings, hang snatch, etc.
12. journal properly so you really know if you're progressing or not
13. get enough sleep prior to your jumping days (has to be enough in terms of not accumulating a sleep debt..)
14. incorporate level-7 techniques if needed lmzao.
15. learn how to harness pap/stim from heavy lifting to achieve better jump sessions 2 days later (after 1 day of rest)
16. eat properly the day before jumping, lots of good carbs/protein, for example, 10 bananas + small meals + some protein each meal. need full glycogen reserves but also don't want to be bogged down come jump day
17. don't eat TOO much on the day of jumping, eat light, keep food portions smaller to avoid carb/satiety fatigue... bottom line, you want to be hungry, you want to be pissed, you want to murder gravity, you can't be content.
18. don't masturbate or have sex prior to jumping/training, always after.
19. don't be a passive pussy when jumping/training, if you have a bad jump/set, fuck it, attack, it's life or death you don't quit like a pussy and let yourself be ravaged by a pack of hungry 9.8m/s^2's.
20. allow all of the above to make you more 'animalistic', we have become some sort of society drained spinoff human organism not capable of simply attacking the objective as if it were the only thing that matters at that moment for survival..
21. think about jumping when you are lifting weights, mind muscle link, you want that increased neural drive come jump time, so 'build a bridge between jumping and maximal heavy lifting'
22. warm up properly, it's important, progress gradually for 15-20 minutes until you're ready to START max jumping
23. michael jordan
24. think less, work harder
25. stop thinking the quads are unimportant
26. stop thinking the calfs are unimportant
27. start thinking the glutes are important
28. stop worrying about "instant inches techniques changes", this aint a high jump meet
29. never quit & i'll be 29 on august 16 2011.
ok there's my list..
peace ;F
You sure about number 18? Sports sciene had an episode on this "myth" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nDFelcPAe2s
sport science is a really shitty show, but, beyond that, they didn't study before/after "VERT", they studied a winging punch, big difference.
an important factor to this "myth" is how people feel.. if someone tells me "i cant have sex before the fight or i feel weaker", then i'm not going to try in the least to persuade them otherwise.. it'll have a negative impact regardless of how it measures up physiologically..
I've always said nr 18 is true for a simple reason: if you watch wildlife, a male without a partner will always be aggressive and nervous - he just HAS to have a mate (or simply put - fuck someone/something). It's just the way life ensures it's cyclic nature/perpetuation. So basically, the longer you go without sex the more frustrated you are and the more rate coding benefits/CNS power you get.
It's like an energy boost. Your body/brain/whatever "needs" to have/find a partner and is willing to fight with another male to do it, so you become more aggressive. It definitely depends from person to person, some people will probably have to wait a longer period until they get into that teritorry.
excellent post..
a good example of this is, after lions mate the male will plop down and goto sleep.
the same can be said about food.. food & sex, or lack there of, make animals really pissed off.. after my dog humps my aunt's leg, he wants to relax. lmao... if you are really starving you will do pretty much anything to eat, murder no longer becomes an issue.
historically, humans didn't have "porn" for self arousal, so, it wasn't as easy to "become content" as it is now days.. the last thing you want is to feel "content" or some form of achievement prior to going out and trying to display maximal power/force.. achievement comes AFTER.. after the "kill is made", after strength/power is displayed maximally.. then it's time to be content.
to add to this excellent post by raptor, just look at this simple concept: "what happens generally, to men/women who get married?" ???? they get content.. overall, in life, they slack in terms of exercise & aggressiveness.. the persuit of a mate is no longer an issue, no longer to "ruffle ones feathers" to impress potential mates.. no need to display dominant traits when you have a partner for life.
mike tyson is psychotic but he's also a genius, he is basically an animal who can speak, he is that primal.. he speaks about alot of this in his own unique way.. it's worth listening to if you come across it, because in his prime, he was the most alpha human to ever step foot on this planet in terms of hand 2 hand combat.
peace
edit: when people ask me who my fav s&c coaches are, I say: "verkhoshansky, zatsiorsky, brooks kubik, and the animal kingdom".. we can learn alot from predators.. to become the most powerful athletes given our human potential, we have to truly become human (not our current mostly untapped content species) which at it's very nature is an incredible predator.. natural athletes can tap into this more than less gifted individuals, but the end result is all the same.. to completely display our true abilities without inhibition voluntarily (not involuntarily using fight or flight life or death situations).
