Plyometric boxes come in all different heights and they are to be used on separate days from strength training. Do not wear weights when doing box jumps, especially not on the ankles. Ankle weights are horrible for your joints and will NOT help you jump any higher.

Lets look at some jumping exercises you can do to start out your own personal increasing vertical height workout plan. First, you need to make sure that your legs are strong enough to withstand a plyometric training program. The Jump Manual workout (Click Here to see it) has a well designed set of workouts that have been shown to be successful for many people that are trying to learn how to jump higher.

One exercise that I recommend to everyone that is trying to improve their vertical leap is hamstring curls. This may not make sense to you but strong hamstrings will improve your vertical jumping ability. You may not have very strong hamstrings and this could very well be the muscle that is preventing you from jumping higher.

CLICK HERE to see a jumping workout plan that works.

Most people only think of the calf muscles and quads when they want to improve vertical jump height. So one free tip on how to jump higher is by really hitting the muscles that true jump trainers don’t want you to know about. Like your lower back and hamstrings.

If you are wondering why you can’t jump higher and you have never done cleans, you most likely have your answer right there. All professional athletes do cleans because they are so explosive and train your strength as well as speed and you need both of them to produce power.