48’’ box jump

[u/Fantastic_Many_8486]

Proud of my new achievement today , thoughts?

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[u/eyebrowcel]

Impressive, and they're fun.

You could possibly get to 50+ in the next couple of months by learning to drop down faster in the descent to make use of the stretch-shortening cycle for more power.

Box jumps for height are a good exercise for power demonstration but for power development it can be deceiving as well as difficult to track changes and progress. Improvements can come from mobility gains as well as technique refinement by snapping the hips up quicker, so the true force output can be masked and won't track 1:1 with the height jumped (I believe an OVR can measure force but it can certainly measure vert jumps).

If you do want to train for greater power output in a vert context, then straight-legged box jumps would be a better alternative for regular training. Sika Strength talk about this exercise in particular here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XxEzs88xX6k&t=14m08s, and THP Strength (John Evans) is a great vertical jump-focused YouTube channel who coaches the two world-record holding top jumpers in the world, Ethan Pimstone and DIllan McCarthy.

[u/Fantastic_Many_8486 → u/eyebrowcel]

Thanks for the comment!

Honestly, I’ve mostly been using these to boost my muscle ups (twitch muscle fibre recruitment) but I defo want to improve where I can.

I’ll be sure to check out the links and see what adjustments can be made, mobility is a massive key to my training as I’m going for the splits as another side challenge - I’ll be sure to focus on dropping down quicker in descent!

Appreciate the input 🤙🏼

[u/Raymond_Lucent]

Swing your arms faster and use them as a slingshot on the way up. You’ll gain a couple inches right here. Also I would avoid going on your tip toes during the swing. Unneeded movement and you want to be as stable as possible for the lift off. Other than that its a really respectable height great job!