The Ultimate Jump Rope Vertical Jump Workout
Jumping Rope is a great exercise to do if you want to increase your vertical jump. However, all vertical jump training isn't created equal.
I heard somewhere that jumping rope for one minute is equivalent to running for 3 minutes. I'm not sure how true that is, but I think it's pretty accurate. Jumping rope is an excellent full body workout. Not to mention, an excellent workout for building strong explosive legs.
When looking to start a jump rope program there are certain things you should take into account. First, jumping rope builds endurance and it's great for that. But if you want to train for increasing your vertical, I recommend a different type of training.
If you just want to build endurance then sure, go out and jump rope for an hour straight. You'll build great endurance. But if you're looking to increase your vertical I recommend you work on jumping rope with two feet in a very specific way.
Jump rope with two feet
I think jumping rope with both feet at the same time is much harder than jumping alternating each foot. But if you want to jump higher I recommend you stick with both feet. Also, I think you should work for intensity instead of endurance if you want to get up higher. So I'd recommend short bursts where you jump high over the rope. The object is to not let the rope touch the ground and really get up high over the rope.
Instead of timing yourself, maybe stick with sets of 50 reps where you really work on jumping high and pushing yourself.
So the workout goes like this. First, you want to do sets of 50 repetitions. But here's the catch. On each rep you'll vary how high you jump. So you'll jump 1 foot high on one repetition and then on the following jump you'll jump 2 feet and so on and so forth.
So this workout would look like this:
• On all odd reps: 1,3,5,7... Jump over the rope 1 foot high.
• On all even reps: 2,4,6... Jump over the rope 2 feet high.
As for how many reps you will do or how many sets, that all depends on your level of development. If you're new to jumping rope you may have to first get used to jumping first.
If you aren't too good at jumping rope you can start out with just regular jumps but just as you jump don't allow the rope to touch the floor.
When you can comfortably do about 100 reps straight then you can start this program.
For a basic beginners program, I recommend starting with 1 set of 50 repetitions daily for the first week. Then after every week, increase your repetitions by 50 repetitions and number of sets depending on your comfort level.
For stamina which is very important, I also recommend you do a program for endurance. Try to work your way up to at least 30 minutes nonstop of jumping for endurance. This workout should be totally separate from your jumping for your vertical. And the focus isn't jumping high over the rope but more so jumping for time.
