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Improving my vertical leap.

gtarnold15
gtarnold15
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Joined: 2009/01/30
United States
2009/01/30, 05:00 PM
Hi, I am a 21 year old male. I am wondering how much losing 18 pounds would increase my vertical leap. I am 5'9" right now and weight 178. It is mostly muscle but not quite as much muscle as I had in high school even though I weighed the same. Somehow my vertical leap has stayed the same. I can hang on the rim. I am just wondering if I dropped down to about 160 pounds how much would my vertical increase? I plan on keeping as much muscle as possible by squatting, dead lifting, watching my diet and doing other various exercises. Thanks
2009/01/31, 01:43 PM
Start doing more olympic lifts and plyometrics to improve your power on top of the squats/deadlifts.

If you're losing primarily muscle then you'll probably get weaker/worsen your vert.