

In this case a mini band is all it takes to get the muscles firing. Warmup Mini Band SeriesĪn effective warmup shouldn’t take more than a few minutes, but should be able to activate your muscles. Smith, who’s trained several NFL stars, including Miami Dolphins quarterback Teddy Bridgewater, breaks this training routine into a three-phase system that hits power, explosiveness, and the ability to slow down. That could result in more explosive power your lifts and your jumps. In this case, Jordan explains how pairing Olympic-type exercise followed by an explosive jump can help manipulate your nervous system into generating more explosive force. This is to achieve post-activation potentiation (PAP), which states that “the contractile history of a muscle influences the mechanical performance of subsequent muscle contractions.” In layman’s terms, coupling a heavy lifting movement with an explosive exercise immediately following can help generate more athletic force. This method uses pairs of heavy Olympic exercises and explosive movements. through a protocol called French Contrast Training in this latest Elite Trainer video to help elevate-literally-Samuel's explosive jumping ability.

He's running Men’s Health fitness director Ebenezer Samuel, C.S.C.S.

The coach behind the workout is DeVentri Jordan, director of performance at Life Time Game Face Training. Although you may not be so genetically gifted to mimic LeBron-like leaps, this training program can add explosiveness-and maybe another inch or two-to your vertical jumps.
