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Jump Soles or Stength Shoes

Let me start by saying this article is purely my opinion. I have made the conscious choice to not look up or use any research or studies on this matter, this purely what I know in my own research and life experiences! However, it is the opinion a former basketball player that have personally used this type of technology to Jump Higher Fast. So it is definitely valid and most certainly accurate. When using Platform Jump Higher Workout I did increase my vertical

jump approximately 12 Inches!!!! By just doing Plyometric exercises. I did not workout my entire body by doing dead lifts or bench press or push ups. Which if I had I would have been able to Jump higher. That where I think the Jump Soles or platform type training lacks because they focus on calf work and not training the whole body! But they do work I am proof of that. If you follow the Jump Higher Programs shipped with these shoes they do work because I have used them in past in High School and

College.

 

Before I talked my older brother to buying the expensive Jump Higher shoes they warned me! Besides most plyometric shoe companies claim that you will jump higher up to 5-10 inches on your vertical” and “take .2 seconds off of your 40 time.” My parents taught me when I was very young that if something seems too good to be true… it usually is. Is it possible for you to attain these results? Yeah I did initially when I was 17 years old. Of course it is possible. Is it likely?

Probably not always. There is no way a company can even make that claim without knowing your age, your current fitness level, your genetic predispositions, and your jump higher training experience. Yet they make this claim to everyone. Seriously, how can they claim everyone can gain 5-10 inches on their vertical and jump higher. Could your grandma? I know mine couldn’t! Just Kidding just trying to make a point!

 

If you are 14 years old, in average shape, have good genetics, and have never trained to jump higher before then you may very well make those types of gains in your vertical leap. However, you could make those same (if not better) gains doing a more conventional strength and conditioning program, The Jump Manual or The Jump Development Bible jump higher programs will provide you with this type of results and its about $80.00 to $100.00 cheaper. I will tell you this, if you are 23 years old, already in great shape, have average genetics, and have been seriously training for 4-5 years… you will probably not add 5-10 inches to your vertical, and you definitely won’t “double your vertical or your money back.” Why, because you have already closed in on your genetic potential. Can you still make great gains?

 

Of course you can. Should you still train to improve your vertical and jump higher? Most definitely. Now you can and will be able to Jump higher and make improvements using platform shoes, I would be a fool to argue otherwise. Why? Because you are still training progressively, you just happen to be wearing funny looking shoes while you are doing it! Any training, if done progressively, consistently, and with effort will yield an improvement and allow you to Jump Higher than before. So is using platform shoes better than sitting on the couch? Of course it is! Is it better than a sound, structured, strength and conditioning (and plyo) program? I don’t personally think so.

 

While people have the right to make whatever claims they want, my main problem with platform shoes is their increased risk of injury. They claim to “build the calf muscles and stretch the Achilles tendon.” Yet they do it in a way that drastically increases the potential risk for twisting your ankle or ruptured your Achilles. And which is potentially a career ending one.

 

It is my own personal opinion that platform shoes are inherently dangerous, full of hype and outrageous claims, and certainly are not the safest or most productive way to increase one’s vertical jump. After training in these shoes my Achilles tendon would ache so bad sometimes I could not walk the next day. Little did I know I was putting my own self at risk. Because these shoes do overstretch your calves quite considerably. Their is other Jump Higher programs that are sensible, safe, and cheaper and is the way to go if you ask me! The prices and their is just to much risk involves! I mean I would never let my son wear those shoes like his stupid dad did LOL!

 

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