The vertical jump Blog

As a high performance specialist for basketballers, the question I get asked more than any other is: 'how can I increase my vertical leap?'

Gluteus Maximus (or glute max to its friends) is the single biggest muscle in the human body. The problem for most athletes is that their glutes are either not working at all, or are very, very weak.

So I love squats a lot. Anyone who has ever worked out with me knows this. Squats have the power to make a profound difference to athletic performance as well as injury prevention.

The concept of buckets can be so powerful when thinking about where to direct your coaching or training attention.

There are a lots of people making money online selling dangerous programs promising crazy vertical leap improvements but could you get an easier boost to your jump for free?

When people think of power, they tend to think of Olympic weight lifting or plyometrics. This means a lot of people miss an important trick: you can train power while performing strength lifts.

We all intuitively know that high heels are bad for our posture, and the effects flow up the entire kinetic chain. What most people miss is that nearly everyone is wearing some form of heeled shoe for most part of every day.

Every muscle in the body has a function and an action, but function and action however aren't always the same thing.

If you want to run faster, jump higher or just improve your general athleticism, calf raises are one of the simplest ways to get started, and the only thing you need is gravity!

This is the ultimate athletic stretch, open up your hips to strint faster, jump higher and reduce lower back pain with the kneeling hip flexor stretch

Should you be doing the Olympic Weightlifting movements in your strength training to increase vertical jump? or are plyometrics better suited for jumpers?

This article is going to break down most of what makes humans good (or bad) at jumping. If you have ever wondered why you can't jump, the answer is probably somewhere in here

We get questions all the time from our athletes regarding the best thing they can do to improve their athleticism, body composition, core strength, or fitness.

What are the key variables that make a good jumper? Learn what physical qualities increase vertical leap