Vertical Jump Exercises: How to Choose the Right Exercises for You

Every exercise that you ever think about is on a continuum

You got general exercises and you got specific exercises. How do you know if something is specific

First, you got to look at the joint angles when you jump, right? When you do a two-foot jump, you're typically in a like a 90-degree angle

You're in a half-squat. A one-foot jump, you're more of a quarter-squat angle. So if you load up exercises in that specific range of motion

they are going to be more specific and thus have more transfer and cause you to jump higher

However, the reason you're going to deep squat, even though the range of motion might not be specific is because it's going to recruit more muscle fibers

Because you're recruiting more muscle fibers, you're going to be able to have higher levels

of muscular tension in the muscle. You're going to have more hypertrophy in the muscle

And then all that potential that you build up with those general exercises allow you to get

more out of the more specific exercises later on