Will the leg press or squats help me more with my jumping?
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Squats are the King of leg exercises, forget the leg press machine if your goal is to increase your vertical jump.  The reason why is that squats use all your lower body muscles at the same time where as leg press just isolates the thighs.\n\nAnother good exercise to develop explosive jumping power would be the clean and also plyometrics (e.g. hopping bounding, 2 footed hops over hurdles etc.).
557229
Squats, Lunges, Kick boxing, Run stairs or Join a step class, Keg Curls, Leg extentions... Place a mellon sized ball in your thighs and sit againes the wall and squeeze. \n\nWalk around th house with leg weights on!
1014835
Plie squats are good.  Also leg lifts.  Lay on your side with your legs out straight.  Cross the top leg over with your foot flat on the floor by your knee.  Lift the bottom leg toward the crossed over leg.  You can add a weight on your thigh for more resistance.
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yes and no.  If there is constant tension on the quads, meaning you legs are slight bent, then yes.  If there isnt constant tension on the quads, then no.  You would get better results from doing elevated lunges with small weights.
1003286
Make sure you plant your non kicking foot next to the ball, then follow through with your kicking foot by using the top of your foot to kick with. If you have never kicked this way it will seem awkward at first. Further, leg presses will help immensely. I recommend heavy weights and 5-8 reps, for 5 sets, resting 60 seconds between reps.
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Back in the day, i bought this program on how to reach a vertical leap of 12-48 inches higher..guaranteed. Here's what the first week looked like in the program.\n\nJump as fast as you can..basically bouncing on ur toes for 1 minute straight.\n\nJump as hard as you can..and as high as you can 20 times.\n\nDo lunges 30 reps\n\nThen on the 8th week, it looked like this..bounce on ur toes for 10 minutes straight as fast as you can\n\nJump as hard as you can 200times! 40 reps in sets of 5.\n\n300 Lunges..10 sets of 30.\n\nI made it up to the 8th week! But the program was 12weeks.\n\nI did add a foot and a half to my vertical leap. Before I could grab the middle of the net..now i can dunk! n im only 5'10.\n\nDo lots of Jumping excercises..power excercises..such as powerful jumping like i explained. n increase every week or two. ur muscles get used to that, and it teaches ur muscles what muscles to use for when you want to jump high.\n\nIt worked for me, just do lots of Jumping excercises. The power will come from your thighs/hamstring/butt/and calves.
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bend your knees before you jump\nit helps you jump much higher
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Like I said in your other question, I recommend Jump Soles. Check them out at http://www.jumpusa.com/p14.htm\n\n============From the JumpSoles website===========\nJumpsoles are the world's most popular frontal training platforms which attach to your own shoes. By training with Jumpsoles you will build up important fast twitch muscle fibers in the lower leg. Jumpsoles will increase vertical jump 5 to 10 inches, and decrease time in the 40 yd dash by .2 seconds or your money back!  Comes complete with training manual and easy access DVD/CD-Rom.\n============From the JumpSoles website===========\n\nMy vertical increased from 28 inches to 33 inches in two months. I'm about 5'11'', almost 6 feet, and I can grab rim (can't dunk yet).\n\nDon't try and do something silly like tape some wooden block to your shoes to make some fake Jump Soles. That would be unstable and unsafe and you could potentially get injured. JumpSoles are completely stable, and they are weighted 2.5 pounds each to give you an extra workout. They are completely affordable, give them a try and I'm sure you will have some significant gains in your vertical. Myself and two friends have all tried the Jump Soles workout and we all experienced at least 5 inches in gains each. It's an 8 week workout, 2 days a week.\n\nI've also found that stretching every night helps out your vertical too.
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what i would recommend is to do skipping coz it works the calfs which is important in jumping. i would also say put weights while going about your current daily exercise routine. at first you will feel like crap, but after a month, you'll get used to it. when you take it off, you'll achieve your desired result.
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A starting block would be good. To help your leg, go to a track-field and practice jumping over posts or fences!\n\nGood-Luck!
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Plyometrics is the answer.  The best way to jump higher is keep on jumping, but in a way that will work you out.  Here is a great site with animations:\n\nhttp://www.sport-fitness-advisor.com/plyometric-training.html
359201
Here's a good webpage to help you with your jumps. http://www.geocities.com/Colosseum/8339/jumps.html
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try doing squat excersises like standing up on the floor, bending your knees just far enough to reach the ground with your hands next to your feet and then go down another 3 inches and hold it for a minute... do this many times and for longer and longer periods. You can also try doing that same thing but instead of holding it jump up as far as you can and then as soon as you hit the ground jump again and agin for about 25 in a row. To better improve jumping power and your kick, jog bringing your knees as far up to your chest as you can , or do that jogging in place. One final excersise is more extreme and will produce amazing results, put your back against a wall and go down with your knees at 90 degrees. pretend your sitting in a chair. try to go as long as you can and push yourself past the pain limit...dont hurt yourself now :)    . Those exercises will greatly improve your Quadriceps (front of your thigh/leg area muscle) which are a must for kicking and jumping.
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do your approach over and over... and wall squats... they're not fun but they help SOOO much... your quads help amazingly in jumping... and building them up will help out your vertical... believe me... i needed to build up my vert.. and i did mostly these two things and it went from 18 to 23 inches
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I was in your shoes 3 years ago. I needed to develop my vert. What helped me? Your local athletic store...or on eastbay.com sells this show that makes you walk on your tippy toes and play ball on your tippy toes. This may seem stupid but it helped me soo much! By standing on your toes for long periods of time, it builds the muslce necessary to increase your verticle leap. On days you dont use the shoes, do repetitive jumping. That will help you build your quads. Your quads is 1/4 of the contributor to your leap. But those shoes are sooo crucial. Best of luck! I think this should help you!
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In addition to what James said, I'd incorporate jump training.  Find (or build) something sturdy about 30" high.  Squat down, then jump on it.  Do 3 sets of 10-12 reps.  When it gets easy, increase the height.  \n\nThere is a corrolation between vertical leap and quickness.  High concentration of fast twith muscles and lower weight will result in quicker running and quicker moves, both forward/backward and laterally.
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For drops, Keep your weight back and your legs soft.  For jumps you need a little more timing, it can't really be taught.  You need to go out and hit a few.