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 Verticle, verticle, verticle!!!!!!!
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Rney1 Amateur Bodybuilder (Total posts: 5) |
posted March 01, 2000 09:31 PM
  
I play basketball and like most want to be able to throw it down with authority. I am 6 ft. tall and I have a verticle of 30 inch but want much more. I can dunk but it isn't the way I want to be able to. If anyone out there can help me with a program that would increase my verticle, will you please help. Also is there anything that i can take to help build the muscles i need for this? thanks!!!! IP: Logged |
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big_guy1 Pro Bodybuilder (Total posts: 265) |
posted March 01, 2000 09:36 PM
first off..more advice would help, ht, wt, age, experience as far as helping with AS use...as far as a program to help, sprint helped me a ton, strength shoes are great..also streching...and jumping with ankle weights on help, calves raise galore help too... big-guy IP: Logged |
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Socrates Amateur Bodybuilder (Total posts: 29) |
posted March 01, 2000 09:49 PM
You need to do olympic lifts and corresponding assitance lifts, as well as plyometric drills, and last but not least any of the lifts that work the posterior chain (hams,glutes,erectors). Olympic lifters have some of the highest verticals of any atheletes around-- do what they do and you too will be a kangaroo. IP: Logged |
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Rney1 Amateur Bodybuilder (Total posts: 5) |
posted March 01, 2000 09:52 PM
Sorry.....I'm 6 ft weigh 160 17 years old IP: Logged |
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DoctorSavage Amateur Bodybuilder (Total posts: 83) |
posted March 01, 2000 10:02 PM
Anabolic Steroids will be of little use to you at your age. Sorry, but thats the truth. Work on your flexibility, Explosiveness with plyometric drills (I've jumped over so many orange cones I feel like a toad) and have someone who knows look at your form. Have yourself video taped doing your best work and have that critiqued. A local university will usually have Phys-ed students that would love to do this. I remember doing the same for one of my Human Performance and Nutrition classes. ------------------ IP: Logged |
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the truth Amateur Bodybuilder (Total posts: 40) |
posted March 01, 2000 11:38 PM
Specificity is the name of the game here. I'm not a fan of plyos for bodybuilders, but they do come in handy for a lot of athletes. I'm not so sure about using ankle weights, as there is some evidence that this can actually limit your explosiveness, as it can condition you to a different muscle firing pattern than what is needed for that specific movement (yes, I know that baseball players have traditionally used weighted bats, but I think that's more useful for getting blood flow into the area before an at-bat; I don't see many baseball players doing extensive drills w/ weighted bats, etc.). As far as chemical assistance, heavy androgens can facilitate faster neural firing in skeletal muscle, which can be of some benefit to athletes. Does anyone really think Mark McGwire improved his slugging power w/androstene? Try test or, better yet, Fina along w/ a pure androgen, eg, Halo or Masteron/Permastril, if you want to go this route IP: Logged |
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