Jumpsoles

Jumpsoles are weighted platforms that attach to your shoes.[1] Although invented primarily for basketball players, the platforms are now used by athletes in other sports.[2] Users stand with their heel off the ground and practice jumping for a short time, often no more than 20 minutes.[2] The exercises, according to Black Belt Magazine, are supposed to "build fast-twitch muscle fibers, which are integral to developing explosive power and quickness".[1] They can improve the user's vertical leap by 5 inches (13 cm) to 10 inches (25 cm) and build calf and thigh muscles.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Active Interest Media, Inc (June 1996), "What's new in Martial Arts Training?", Black Belt, p. 135, 137, retrieved 2009-01-05
  2. 1 2 Witt, Katarina; Swift, Edward McKelvy (2005), Only with Passion: Figure Skating's Most Winning Champion on Competition and Life, PublicAffairs, p. 88, ISBN 978-1-58648-274-9


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