I don’t know if there is supposed to be any correlation between the VJ and the SLJ, but having just started to strenght train seriously again after a few years off, I decided to measure my jumps as a way of gauging general fitness.
My CMJ was around 50 cm and my Squat-jump a couple of centimeters less. What surprised me though, was that my SLJ was only around 2,20 meters What is lacking here?
My strenght routine is basically this, done every fourth day:
Squat-jumps with weights 2x3
Deadlifts 2x4
Military press 2x4
The “anomaly” becomes clear when compared with tests I did at around the same strenght levels four years ago. Back then my VJ was around 45 centimeters, but my SLJ was around 2,70 meters.
The real difference in training from then and now is that back then I did sprint training(accelerations) in addition to weights, but haven’t done so this time.
Could the sprinting have contributed to the much better SLJ-result back then?
hes trying to increase his jumps. he should focus on all squats and dl and practice vj and slj 1-3 times a week. i would probably do a 6-7 week max strength phase then follow up with a 6-7 power phase while maintaining the strength from the previous phase. i would love to know how much he squat and dl.
Doesn’t technique (e.g leg shoot and trajectory) have a more significant contribution in a broad jump than in a vertical jump? Vertical jump is probably a truer test of power as there are fewer technical variables.
In weightlifting we occasionally do disk jumps and the winner is usually the lifter with the most bottle and best ‘tuck’ rather than the lifter with the best pure vertical.
how’s that dangerous, a 6 week max strength blk focusing on squats and dl and performing jumps 1-2 days per week, then moving to a power blk focusing on maintaining strength with dl or squats 3x3x85-90% while performing jump squats, depth drops/jumps, speed squats etc 1-3 days per week.
What is lacking here?