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Training methods that include things like heavy resistance training,

explosive resistance training, pliometrics, electro-stimulation,

and even vibration platforms have all been used to

potentially enhance your vertical jump or your vertical leap performance. But which one of these

have actually been proven to be the most effective? Well, that's what we're going to look at today.

Now, leg muscle power and vertical jump performance

are considered critical elements for successful athletic performance, and not to mention

for simply performing successful daily activities. Not surprisingly, a lot of research has

focused on the development of vertical jump performance, and here are three studies that I think

stand out from the crowd. The first one is a study called, does pliometric training improve

vertical jump height, a meta-analytical review? And in that one, the researchers found that,

yes, pliometric training significantly improved vertical jump height.

Researchers actually saw an increase in jump height between 4.7% and 8.7%.

And with results like that, pliometric training appears to be an effective form,

a physical conditioning for augmenting the

vertical jump performance in leaping individuals. Now the second study is called improved maximal

strength, vertical jump, and sprint performance after eight weeks of jump squat training with

individualized loads. And that study concluded that eight weeks of jump squat training with individualized loads.

And that study concluded that eight weeks of jump squat training resulted in significant improvements

in counter movement jump, squat jump, maximal isometric squat force, and average force over

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