Single Leg Squat Jumps To Jump Higher
- 12 years ago
What’s up guys? Flipping it, so the question today was,
“Hey Jacob! Thanks for all the videos! I have a couple of questions though. Why is it that I can jump a lot higher without a basketball than with one? I used to jump pretty high when I was in high school a few years ago and I even had trouble dunking the ball then as well. Also, do you have an alternative exercise to heavy squat jumps? I'll try doing them but one of my shoulders is slightly higher than the other so it hurts a bit to squat using a barbell. Or maybe I just do not know proper form. Thanks again for all your help!” –Abram
Let me answer a few things, first of all, yes there is a good exercise that avoids the spinal compression, the spinal pressure of doing jump squats with loaded barbells or dumbbells, you can use dumbbells, that can help you. You could use a med ball that can help you. But if you can’t do either one of them do single leg pogos (it’s what I call them), so basically you are on one
“Hey Jacob! Thanks for all the videos! I have a couple of questions though. Why is it that I can jump a lot higher without a basketball than with one? I used to jump pretty high when I was in high school a few years ago and I even had trouble dunking the ball then as well. Also, do you have an alternative exercise to heavy squat jumps? I'll try doing them but one of my shoulders is slightly higher than the other so it hurts a bit to squat using a barbell. Or maybe I just do not know proper form. Thanks again for all your help!” –Abram
Let me answer a few things, first of all, yes there is a good exercise that avoids the spinal compression, the spinal pressure of doing jump squats with loaded barbells or dumbbells, you can use dumbbells, that can help you. You could use a med ball that can help you. But if you can’t do either one of them do single leg pogos (it’s what I call them), so basically you are on one