Posts Tagged “Muscles”
Jul
15
2009
Vertical Leap Exercises - How to Jump HigherPosted by: Mr.Basketball in Basketball Sites and The Best ArticlesAnything else and you just might quit before you achieve any real results. You want to do Vertical Leap Exercises for months or even years to reach your full potential, so it really is no point in burning yourself out by doing the same workouts everyday. Warming Up Before working out, its always a good idea to warm up and stretch your muscles. You will have a much more effective workout if your muscles are loose so you should stretch for a few minutes and then jog around for a few minutes too. If you have a jump rope, use that too. Jumping rope is a great tool to get your blood flowing and a great way to loosen up. One of the more effective ways to jog is by running up stairs, but you don’t want to wear yourself out. Run up and down some stairs for a few minutes to get started. Vertical Leap Exercises: Deep Knee Bends - Stand straight. While standing, slowly bend your knees and lower your body as you keep your back straight. Go down as low as possible and slowly rise back up again. Do … Tags: Deep Knee Bends, Few Minutes, Jump Rope, Jumping Rope, Knees, Muscles, Stairs, Tool, Vertical Jump, Vertical Leap Exercises, Workout, Workouts
Jul
03
2009
How To Jump Higher - 5 Tips To Help You Jump HigherPosted by: Mr.Basketball in Basketball Sites and The Best ArticlesTake these tips and follow them to increase vertical leap. Tip #1 Before you go to work out, you should really warm up effectively to start your muscles off right. You really need your muscles to be loose so that you can really work out at your full potential. Tip #2 You want to move on to the next set of exercises. The next set of exercises are power exercises which are important for working on much needed muscle strength in you legs. Explosive stretching and jumping exercises make up the power exercises to help you increase vertical leap. Tip #3 Add some cardiovascular exercises to your routine to help increase your jumping skills. Jump rope and jogging are two cardio exercises that you could do. Exercises like those would speed up your results and really show you how to jump higher. Tip #4 Increasing your stamina for enhanced sprinting is another one of the important tips to help you jump higher. Sprinting will help you jump higher because it is stretching your muscles in different … Tags: Cardio Exercises, Cardiovascular Exercises, Explosive, Jogging, Jump 5, Jump Rope, Jumping Exercises, Jumping Rope, Legs, Muscle Strength, Muscle Stretching, Muscles, Power Exercises, Stamina, Vertical Leap
Jun
06
2009
What You Need to Jump Higher in Basketball and DunkPosted by: Mr.Basketball in Basketball Sites and The Best ArticlesThe most overlooked thing athletes do when training to jump higher is working out the total body. Just doing squats all day will not improve your vertical leap to the level you are looking for. Although having strong legs is a advantage when training to dunk the ball. You need to condition the rest of your body also. Look at Olympic power lifters, you think they can get that enormous torso off the ground to dunk a basketball? They undoubtedly have some of the strongest legs in the world but their upper body is not trained for jumping. Overall full body conditioning is the key to reaching your maximum vertical leap. The most important thing is to use a good training program that works the large muscle groups of the body. By working the large muscle groups you involuntarily work the smaller muscles also. The end result is a solid foundation to work with when learning the mechanics needed to allow you to jump higher and dunk a basketball. Look at all Major sports that require the ability … Tags: Advantage, Basketball, Body Conditioning, Doing Squats, End Result, Legs, Major Sports, Maximum, Mechanics, Muscle Groups, Muscles, Olympic, Power Lifters, Solid Foundation, Torso, Vertical Leap
Dec
31
2008
Under Armour Men Heatgear Performance Long Boxer Jock 1000669Posted by: Mr.Basketball in Basketball Training
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