How to Jump Higher: From Luke Lowrey's "Five Things You Thought You Knew About Jumping Higher And Becoming A Better Athlete"

Myth 5) You have to jump to improve your jump!

"It's not just young athletes who want to increase their vertical leap. Many older people, who still dream of one day being able to dunk with authority are out there looking to increase their vertical jump height, too. However, some of them need to watch it, as old injuries haven't been properly cared for and sometimes, their backs, hips, knees and ankles aren't as durable as those of your average 16 year-old. You'll be happy to know you don't need necessarily include bone-crunching plyometrics into a training regime to gain results. Actually, there are four specific and highly-effective training modes that ensure your joints are saved, yet still allow you to reliably count on adding valuable inches to your jump. These include: "dead start" training exercises, "isometric" exercises, "partial" or "strong-range" exercises and water plyometrics, where the high-impact baring of gravity is removed. In many cases, documented both scientifically and anecdotally, combinations of these four training modes have surpassed the results drawn from the regular jumping, weight-lifting and Olympic and power-lifting routines that are favored by the vast majority of trainers and athletes."

Find out the other four myths and to learn how to jump higher here.