| Many people ask why black people can jump higher | | | | leaps and bounds, pun intended. |
| than white men. The truth is that the color of your skin | | | | What are plyometric exercises? |
| does not influence your ability to jump. There are many | | | | Plyometric exercises are workouts that are designed |
| white and black guys that jump high, the only thing that | | | | to make your muscles faster. What happens when |
| determines how high you can jump is how much you | | | | you muscles are faster? You jump higher. But you |
| train. I shouldn't say "how much" you train because | | | | can't only work on speed, you have to work on |
| many people train very hard and very often but they | | | | strength as well. For this reason you have to train for |
| do so in the wrong way and don't see results. If you | | | | both speed and strength in any jumping program. |
| want good results you have to train properly. You | | | | Plyometrics are very intense and you should not |
| have to know which plyometric exercises to do and | | | | perform them when extremely overweight or out of |
| how many reps/sets you should do of each. | | | | shape. Make sure that you build up strength in yours |
| A vertical jump training program is the best way to go | | | | legs before starting any plyometric training program. It |
| about learning how to jump higher. If you can find the | | | | is suggested that you be able to squat your weight 8 |
| right program you can increase your vertical leap by | | | | times in 8 seconds before starting plyos. |