Squat Jump
Why Learning How to Stick Your Jumps is a Critical Part of Jump Training
This article is part 2 of a four-part series on programming and progressing jump training for field sport athletes. Part one is here. You want to become an explosive athlete [...]
New Study Shows You May Not Need Olympic Lifts to Increase Your Vertical Jump
Dunking a basketball, catching a football over a defender, elevating to spike a volleyball are all athletic movements where a big vertical jump is a huge advantage. If you are [...]
Squat Jumps: Build Explosiveness With This Simple Lower-Body Exercise
Before discussing the benefits of jump squats, we need to explore what the benefits of Olympic lifting and athletic development. Olympic lifting is a...
The Ultimate 4-Week Preseason Basketball Workout
According to Tim DiFrancesco, owner of TD Athletes’ Edge and former head strength coach for the Los Angeles Lakers, a preseason basketball workout program should prepare your body for the [...]
Dislike Warming Up? Try This Simple Routine to Prepare for Training
How you start your performance, practice, training, or game can determine how you finish. If you simply do one or two light sets or simply walk around...
How to Add 4 Inches to Your Vertical Jump in Two Weeks
If you are looking for a great complex training method that will get you fast, strong and explosive in a short period of time, look no further than what...
5 Workouts to Increase Your Vertical Jump
A good vertical jump can give you an immense advantage in athletics, particularly in basketball, where a strong and powerful jump can be the difference...
A Key Step Often Overlooked in Power Development
In strength and conditioning a key component to any athlete's training program is that of power development – and to that end, one can find endless...
Improve Your Conditioning With Tabata Squat Jumps
Tabata Training is alternating 20 seconds of intense aerobic activity with 10 seconds of brief rest until four minutes has passed. You might think that...
What is the Best Type of Jump Squat?
The Jump Squat is a staple of plyometric training, which develops explosive speed, power and jumping ability. The exercise forces the lower body to triple extend—a coordinated extension of the [...]