Exercise Specialist Chase Curtiss from ShotScience Answers Your Questions

Ask Chase any of your questions about Athletic Performance, Exercise, or Basketball and he will personally respond to as many as he can, both in the comments and in his Vlogs.

If you have questions on how to improve your Speed, Quickness, Agility, Strength, and Vertical Leaping Ability, this is the place. Chase has worked with athletes of all levels (Children, Teens, College and Professionals) and is a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist and is Certified by the American College of Sports Medicine.

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[skintification]

Started vertical leap handbook training yesterday but really want to drop some weight and improve my fitness and stamina as much as I can. Only get to play once, sometimes twice a week. Would going to the gym on rest days to do some extra cardio help or hinder progress on the leap programme? Thanks.

[chasecurtiss]

@skintification There is nothing wrong with getting in a little extra cardio! It is important to let your body rest, but the extra couple days a week of cardio will not hurt you. If losing weight is your goal, the more important focus should be on NUTRITION!

[primemavsfan]

Thanks for the great videos chase! I really enjoy watching you and shotscience's videos...will power bands help my explosiveness? the ones you wear on your knees? Also, how can i get faster at sliding laterally on defense? Thank u so much! :D

[chasecurtiss]

@primemavsfan Sorry for the delayed response, we will be doing a video on lateral movement very soon! Working on getting back to producing more videos soon!

Chase

[IfYouAreNITYouAreE1]

chase, can you also add a medical specialist, as additional to strength and conditioning specialist?

[chasecurtiss]

@IfYouAreNITYouAreE1 I am not sure what you mean by add a medical specialist? Are you suggesting input from a physician? From a training standpoint, I am a Registered Clinical Exercise Physiologist and Medical Exercise Specialist. What are you interested in knowing from the medical aspect?

[IfYouAreNITYouAreE1]

@chasecurtiss like, you could add a health specialist that could also advise some tips on getting fit... :)

[TheJerkawokeez]

They are trained athletes so it takes way less energy to dunk than us they are mostly over 6ft and strong. Derrick rose bends his legs and look where he's got! He's also smaller and shorter than most nba players its all about what's best form for you 2ft, one foot leap some are different.

[PwNuRmoTheR]

hey chase, alot of people say it is better to bend legs when jumping to jump higher, is this true? how come i dont see professional basketball player bend their legs when they jump

[darklord1169]

@chasecurtiss air alert is free and you can search it up online, could you maybe search it up tell me how you feel about the excercises and the reps and sets? thx alot