This training program is meant for athletes who wish to properly start their jump training journey or already have moderate resistance training experience, and want to build the foundational qualities that drive real vertical jump improvement - developing essential strength qualities, teaching the body to manage and redirect force efficiently, and building your first layers of reactive strength (SSC) and Propulsion the right way.
You will also learn the correct positions and movement patterns, build the technical foundation and motor control that most athletes skip, and that ends up holding them back for years.
Simply put - this training will take you from wherever you're starting from into a strong strength and essential jumping base with qualities built the right way from the ground up.
This is the exact methodology and progression that Lu Jialun himself used when he began his dunk journey - before he ever touched advanced training. It's the same training that took him** from an average jumper into a dunker**, and it has since worked incredibly well for beginner and intermediate athletes following in his footsteps.
This is the exact starting point he uses with new jump athletes - basketball, dunk, and volleyball athletes alike - many of whom see noticeable improvements in their jump within the first few workouts, and massive rebound in performance in the weeks after completing the training. And the qualities are there to stay!
The training is quite condensed and physically demanding on some days, but includes days where the fatigue is warded off, and then expressed on the following training session for PRs! This is how Lu Jialun himself broke into new strength levels while still dunking and practicing jumps regularly!
A
Dynamic Warmup
1 x 10:00
B
Reverse Lunge Walk
2 x 16 @ 0 lb
C
Front Squat (parallel)
4 x 8 @ 40, 60, 65, 65 %
D
Hip Extension - 45° Bench
4 x 8 @ 50, 65, 65, 65 %
E
Barbell Calf Raises
3 x 8 @ 60, 70, 70 %
F
Shoulder Press
3 x 12 @ 50, 65, 65 %
G
Trap Bar Shoulder Shrug
3 x 12 @ 50, 65, 65 %
A
Dynamic Warmup
1 x 10:00
B
Elementary Jumps
1 x 15 @ 5
C
SL Rudiment Hops [Triple] - Forward
2 x 2 @ 5
D
Skips for Distance
2 x 40 @ 7, 8
E
Practice Jumps
4 x 4 @ 5, 7, 8, 9
A
Dynamic Warmup
1 x 10:00
B
Side Lunge - Alternating (TRX)
2 x 12 @ 0 lb
C
Back Squat [full ROM]
8, 10, 10 @ 40, 65, 65 %
D
Clean Pull / Deadlift
3 x 6 @ 50, 60, 60 %
E
Seated Calf Raise (knee extension machine)
3 x 10 @ 60, 65, 65 %
F
Shoulder Flexion (cable) Front Delt Raise
3 x 12 @ 50, 65, 65 lb
A
Seated Box Jump
3 x 4 @ 9, 10, 10
B
Back Squat [full ROM]
8, 10, MAX @ 40, 60, 70 %
C
Hip Thrust (barbell)
3 x 10 @ 50, 65, 65 %
D
Stiff Leg Deadlift
3 x 10 @ 50, 65, 65 %
E
Barbell Calf Raises
10, 10, MAX @ 60, 65, 70 %
F
Trap Bar Shoulder Shrug
3 x 12 @ 50, 65, 65 %
A
Dynamic Warmup
1 x 10:00
B
Dunk Practice
Lu Jialun
Chinese dunk phenom from Guangdong province who studied sports performance training and brought himself, through pure grit and dedication, to a level where gravity doesn't seem to work on him anymore.
Jost Juice
Real-life track & field coach to sprints and jumps champions & dunk phenoms. Getting athletes out of impossible situations and back to doing legendary performances. 17 years of training & coaching experience with jumpers, 12 years with sprint athletes.
Every elite jumper - including Lu Jialun - started exactly where you are right now. The same foundational training progression that turned an average jumper into a phenomenal jumper, built specifically for athletes ready to put in the work and do it the r
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