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Uploaded by on Mar 21, 2011

http://www.fitnessquest10.com Fitness Quest 10 Director of Athletics, Brett Klika, talks about ways you can improve your vertical jump.

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  • Is quadriceps the only muscle group you're trying to focus on , or do you also use calves when you blast off the ground?

  • @stephencrossover You are going to use your calves as well. You are actually going to use your entire legs and your butt to blast yourself off the ground. When you bend low you are activating your entire legs (calves, hamstrings, quads) and even your butt. Then when you jump and land your quad and the rest of your leg takes over and slows you down. Hope that helps.

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  • fine ass

  • jeez what a joke. this guy w/ the skinny legs & 20" verts gonna teach us huh?

  • How to jump: For white boys

  • @fwupow You don't want to do too much muscle building without also playing a lot of basketball or just doing a lot of jumping around. The problem is that you can increase your muscle strength so fast that you over-power your tendons and their attachment to your bones. It's no fun tearing tendons and ligaments.

  • 3 basic muscles involved in jumping:

    1. Gluts-Yep your bum.

    2. Quads-the muscles right above your knee on the front of your leg.

    3. Calves.

    Leg presses can help strengthen your gluts and quads. I'm not aware of a machine that really isolates the gluts.

    Leg extensions can build up the Quads.

    I've seen special shoes which basically have heels in the front and force you to walk with your heel off the ground which I'm sure would be darn effective at building up the calve muscle strength.

  • @AntManIAm get one of the white kids out tha stand and let them try to do that, and i know him he at a d3 too

  • @Lukasbimba93

    hm

    /watch?v=_6UzKptKPg0

  • Can i ask why your legs are so far apart?

  • arm are NEVER 20%. maximum 8% omg

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