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Vertical Jump Shoes: Reviews of the Best Shoes

Monday, January 24, 2011

Shoes are an important and often overlooked way to improve your vertical jump as well as the effectiveness of your training. Different training methods require different shoes. Read these informative reviews to learn what you should wear and what you shouldn’t wear while training to jump higher. Best Overall Vertical Jump Shoe – Nike Zoom [...]

Drop Jumps and Depth Jumps: The Best Plyometric Exercises

Sunday, January 23, 2011

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Drop Jumps and Depth Jumps: The Best Plyometric Exercises

The backbone of plyometric training, also called shock training, are drop jumps and depth jumps. Starting in the 1970′s, these two plyometric exercises were used by Solviet Union athletes to excel at track and field, weight lifting, and gymnastics. The rest of the world could not wait to find out their secret. How were their [...]