LeBron James does these workouts to jump higher, do you?

Conditioning your body to improve your basketball skills can be the most difficult part of any athlete’s training. Strength and speed training can help you improve your 3-point shooting, dribbling, and passing, but the easiest aspect of your game to improve is your jump height. Here are some workouts that all professionals use to increase the height of their vertical jump.

1. Hill sprints! Find a hill around where you live that has a constant slope. The steeper the better for this workout. Start from the bottom and just run as hard and fast as you can. Keep sprints limited to about 70 yards. Remember, with this workout, you are exercising speed, not endurance. Do 6-8 mountain runs a day.

2. Basic workouts! Don’t forget that your abs play a tremendous role in balance and overall explosive power. Every morning when you wake up, sit down, do sit-ups, and go up and down. These 3 workouts combined will strengthen both your upper and lower abs. This is also important for reducing fat! If you had to hold a 10-pound dumbbell when you jumped, you wouldn’t rise as much as if you didn’t. Basic workouts will help you shed that extra weight.

3. Bulgarian Split Dead-Lift! The name is complicated, the training is simple! Get yourself a pair of dumbbells with a weight that is comfortable for you (I started with 25lbs each, but in 3 weeks I had gone up to 95lbs of dumbbells). Place a bench about 2 feet behind you. Stand with the dumbbells hanging at your sides. Step back with 1 foot and place the top of your foot on the bench with the sole of your shoe facing the sky. Now you are ready to go. Squat on 1 leg until your knee is at a 90 degree angle and push yourself up. Do 10 reps of this workout for each leg. Try to do at least 5 sets.