@Zaitsevsz Yes, I have attempted to relearn to use less knee bend but my jump height suffers a ton. One thing to note is that my pure squat jump is within an inch or two of my countermovement jump so it makes sense that I need so much knee bend to develop power.
I'll give it a try. I was actually trying to do the opposite because I tend to over knee bend/back flatten and keeping my heels planted prevents me from getting too far into that position. Regardless I end up with lower jumps everytime. When I jump how I do naturally, Jump 2, I tend to jump the highest.
These jumps are in no way something I'm proud of, but I'm not overly concerned considering I'm coming off of 3 months with little to no jumping and about 25lbs of additional weight.
hey Adam, have you ever tried starting on toes? lets you load the achilles tendon more and pr in some cases. might give it a shot next time, vertec looks awesome btw.
i think you bend your knees too much or might be because of your muscle fiber distribution...
Zaitsevsz 1 year ago
@Zaitsevsz Yes, I have attempted to relearn to use less knee bend but my jump height suffers a ton. One thing to note is that my pure squat jump is within an inch or two of my countermovement jump so it makes sense that I need so much knee bend to develop power.
DarkDMD 1 year ago
I'll give it a try. I was actually trying to do the opposite because I tend to over knee bend/back flatten and keeping my heels planted prevents me from getting too far into that position. Regardless I end up with lower jumps everytime. When I jump how I do naturally, Jump 2, I tend to jump the highest.
These jumps are in no way something I'm proud of, but I'm not overly concerned considering I'm coming off of 3 months with little to no jumping and about 25lbs of additional weight.
DarkDMD 1 year ago
hey Adam, have you ever tried starting on toes? lets you load the achilles tendon more and pr in some cases. might give it a shot next time, vertec looks awesome btw.
LanceSTS 1 year ago