Vertical jump misleading

[tfranc]

I really appreciate you taking the time to help me figure this out. I wish I had a video to send you, or something. Perhaps I really am that outlier who can display some explosiveness, but not under load... Which honestly doesn't make any sense, especially knowing what you've said about the relationship between power and strength.

Do you think it would be worth taking another svj test? I suppose it wouldn't matter, since I'm getting the results in training that I would either way, not to mention I haven't started power cleaning yet since my deadlift keeps going up for some reason. My power has not kept up with my strength I would imagine.

Then I don't know, have seen neither you, the SVJ, nor the lifting.

Would it be worth sending you a video of working set of 5 with the squat? I just had my squat critiqued by Michael Wolf a couple weeks ago, said there was some knee slide and that the camera angle was crappy. I dunno what would be helpful information-wise besides that or coming to your gym, which I sincerely wish I could do.

[MBasic]

Forgot to add that while the reach was 89, the jump was 132, which is actually more that 31 total, including the shrugged arm which did occur, according to my notes that I took 8 or 9 years ago... crazy that I still have that and other old sports stuff in that box.

I don't understand how I could hang on the rim of a basketball hoop but have such a wimpy first day training. I was pretty wimpy back then, I guess... 10 percent bf and 145 lbs if I remember right.. pretty skinny, pretty light... not sure if that matters though.

90 minus 130 is 40... You had a 43 to 40 vertical? You could touch 11 feet from standing with only simple counter movement?...so then you stand there and half ass dunk the ball with it sort of semi-palmed? With a running VJ ...two hand windmills? Etc?

[tfranc]

90 minus 130 is 40... You had a 43 to 40 vertical? You could touch 11 feet from standing with only simple counter movement?...so then you stand there and half ass dunk the ball with it sort of semi-palmed? With a running VJ ...two hand windmills? Etc?

Oops, I meant 121, not 131. Thank you for pointing that out. Hah, 131, I wish! No windmills, but I could dunk in college from a run and jump. Could get my fingers just enough over the rim from a standstill jump to hang on it. Not super impressive, but definitely strange than I didn't start out squatting more.

[umairsemail]

There is NO WAY in hell that a 6 foot person has an 89" reach (7'5). For reference I'm 5'9 with a 5'7 wingspan (t rex arms) and a 7'4 reach. Go measure your reach again. A normal reach for a 6 foot person is 7'11-8'1.