3 Phases You’re Missing in your Vertical Jump Training (phase 2)

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Phase 2 - Increase Motor Unit Recruitment

A motor unit is a motor neuron and the muscle fibers it innervates. Groups of motor units work together to coordinate the contractions of a single muscle;

Motor Unit Recruitment is a measure of how many motor neurons are activated in a particular muscle, and therefore is a measure of how many muscle fibers of that muscle are activated.

The higher the recruitment, the stronger the muscle contraction.

In the past, athletes have tried a variety of different methods in an attempt to increase their motor unit recruitment with little to no success.

But In recent years, we have discovered the best way to increase motor unit recruitment is to spend a significant amount of time strengthening the muscles at their isometric phase in correlation to the specific range of motion they utilize in competition.

By doing this we figure out which specific ranges that particular athlete must train in to recruit the highest motor units...

And display the explosive power throughout the entire movement.

After completing these two phases consecutively the 3rd phase was the easiest and most rewarding.