days ago, and as I was going through the Vert Code Elite, I realized there is way too much
information packed into this program that I could not possibly make a video that is 14 to 18 minutes
long. It will be three hours long because there's so much information that Paul Fabritz gives you
in the Vert Code Elite. Nathanael Morton:
And one other thing is that you can only see one month of the program at a time,
but I had somebody who was nice enough who's already gone through Vert Code Elite that gave
me access to the entire program for you. And trust me, I already bought this program. I got
the lifetime version. I have a lot to learn from this program, so I already bought it,
but I do have access to the full program so that I can give you a full review. So here we go.
Nathanael Morton: The price of this program
is $27.95 per month or $275 for lifetime access. And let me see if I can remember
off the top of my head. Vert Shock was $67, Nick Briz's Vertical Jump Training Program was $67,
the Flight School was $29.99, the Flight System by Overtime Athletes was $134,
BounceKit by Jordan Kilgannon was $77, Vert Code Body Weight was $85,
and then the THB Strength Coaching with Isaiah Rivera was $89 a month, or at least the option
that I chose. So those are the prices. But let's get into the program and let's do this review.
Nathanael Morton: So the way this program is set up is each
phase is one month long. The entire program is one year long. So there's 12 months, there's 12 phases
to this program, and each week in each phase in the same. So weeks one, two, three, and four
of phase one are all the same. Then in phase two, weeks one, two, three, and four are all the
same. So the phases switch, but the weeks don't switch throughout the program. So in phase one,
days one and five were a build the base lower body day. Days two and four were core,
mobility, feet and ankles. And day three was jump mechanics and pool work. And by pool work,
I do actually mean a swimming pool. Nathanael Morton:
So we will get into it. But let me start with days one and five, build the base lower body. So
first of all, this dude gives you a daily overview for every single workout. In this daily overview,
he gives you an overview of all of the exercises that you are going to do. But
the best part is that he gives you a minimum dose that you can do if you're short on time,
or if you are already doing skills training or dribbling or handling or shooting really hard. So
he gives you all of the exercises, but then he says these are the exercises that you make sure
that you do that day. If you are already doing a lot of skill work, like shooting and handling,
then these are the exercises that you can cut out. If you don't have a lot of time,
these are the exercises that you can cut out. But these exercises,
make sure that you do them each day. Nathanael Morton:
He also gives you alternative exercises in case you have knee pain. So he says if you have knee
pain, instead of doing these squats, you can do some cable pull throughs or things like that. So
his daily overview is clutch, and this is 100% something that I am going to be
adding into my program. Nathanael Morton:
In this first phase, the workouts are actually longer. So the workouts are going to take
an hour and a half. But as you move through the program and you get into phase two, phase three,
phase four, the workouts get shorter and they get more intense, which is the way that it should
be set up. So you are building the base. You're going to need a little bit more to build the base,
to build the foundation. Then once you move on, that is when you do lower reps, higher intensity.
Nathanael Morton: He has a lot of isometrics and eccentrics here
in the first phase, which is really good, because your tendons like isometrics and eccentrics
much more than they like concentrics. So this first foundational phase, it is important to teach
your body the eccentric and the isometrics of the exercises that we're going to do. That's one thing
that Overtime Athletes did as well. Your tendons needs to realize what they are getting themselves
into. This guy has by far, by far, blows everybody out of the water, including myself.
The best exercise demonstrations that you will ever see in your life.
Nathanael Morton: So here's a little secret
I want to let you in on. I do have Knees Over Toes Guy's coaching. I pay $50 a month. I don't
really do his programming, but I want to learn from Knees Over Toes Guy because he is also a
GOAT. PGF Performance is a GOAT. So I like to buy these people's programs so I can see what
they're doing so that I can become a better coach myself. I actually go through my own training,
so I do my own vertical jump training. So if any of you do my $10 a month program, I am right there
with you doing that program as well. Nathanael Morton:
But what was my point? My point was that the only person who can even come close to competing with
the exercise demonstrations that he gives you is Knees Over Toes Guy. So those two guys are way up
here when it comes to exercise demonstration. THP Strength was Isaiah Rivera. We had Jessica from
math class showing us what to do. Even in mine, I have some where there's not even any audio.
It's not me explaining what to do, it's just written on there what you should do. And then I
really need to update my exercise demonstrations, because this is the level that you need to play at
if you want the best program possible. Nathanael Morton:
His phase one, look, guys, this dude is a beast. This dude knows way more than I know
about vertical jump training program. This dude knows way more than anybody that I have
ever reviewed before. And I'll tell you right off the bat, this program is better than any program
that I have seen thus far. You can stop watching this video right now. This dude's program
is the best. Go buy it. Don't buy my $10 a month one. $27.95 a month. And listen, I don't have
affiliate partnerships with anybody. Some people were in the comments, "You like Overtime Athletes
because you have a partnership with them. Each program they sell, you get a certain percentage."
I sell my own programs. Why would I be promoting somebody else's to get a piece of their puzzle?
Oh yeah. Can I promote yours and get 10%? No, I want 100% of my own programs. And I'm telling you,
this dude's program is the best. Nathanael Morton:
So this guy has tons of lateral work and basketball specific work built into this
program. So if you're a volleyball player or if you're a high jumper, if you're just trying to
jump over Ferraris, this might not be... You could get away with getting THP Strength or Overtime
Athletes or my program. They are all going to get you the same amount of inches as this program.
I do want to make that clear. THP Strength from Isaiah Rivera, my Vertical Jump Training Program,
BounceKit, Overtime Athletes, we are all going to put a tremendous amount of inches on your vertical
jump. But this dude not only puts a tremendous amount of inches on your vertical jump, but he
makes you better at basketball in all dimensions at the same time. You get better at sprinting, you
get faster, you get more agile, you get better at going laterally, you get better at backpedaling.
You literally get better... You get better at swimming, if you want to be like Michael Phelps.
Everything is basketball specific. So if you play basketball, this, this is the top program.
Nathanael Morton: Stage two and day four. Now, listen,
we are still in phase one, but I promise you, I'm not going to make this video 86 minutes long. It's
going to be 14 to 18 minutes, I promise, because that is my goal. Days two and day four are core,
mobility, feet, and ankles. What vertical jump training program has you work on your feet?
Not mine. Not BounceKit. Most have you work on core. If you have mobility,
you are already a step ahead. A lot of them have ankle work, but most of them are just like, do
calf raises. Who in the world has feet? This dude has you working on your feet, which you should.
You need to strengthen your feet, just as well as you need to strengthen your ankles, just as
well as you need to strengthen your core, just as well as you need mobility. There is nothing
that this program doesn't have. Nathanael Morton:
Day three is jump mechanics and pool work. Now, I will say, you don't have to get in the swimming
pool for the rest of the program, but in phase one, you get in the swimming pool. Here's what
I will say. I don't have a swimming pool. I can get in my bathtub and try to do these, but I don't
have a pool. So most people aren't going to have a swimming pool. Some might. But he tells you if you
don't have a swimming pool, do an extra set on all of the mechanics drills. So he understands not a
lot of people... We can jump in our sink, but not a lot of us have a swimming pool. He knows that.
He tells you if you don't have one, it is fine. Nathanael Morton:
In phase two, you have a de-load the first two days. So that is what it is like for most of the
phases in the program. You train for a month and then you take off Saturday, Sunday, and then the
first two days of the next week, Monday, Tuesday, or a de-load. So you have four days off and then
you get back into your training. Nathanael Morton:
Days one and five are load and explode. Days two and four are core, mobility, feet, and ankles.
And day three are sprints, reactive plyos, and dunk day. So when we were talking about who has
the best vertical jump training program, other than myself, which I don't think I'm the best,
I literally think this dude's the best. But other than myself, nobody had sprints, bounding, and
max jumps. Isaiah Rivera's coaching was missing bounding. Overtime Athletes was missing a full max
jump session. BounceKit by Jordan Kilgannon didn't have any sprints and he didn't have any bounding.
This guy and myself, we have all three in our program, because you need all three in a proper
vertical jump training program. He gives you knees over toes split squats. He gives you basketball
specific agility work. He gives you acceleration and deceleration. You have weighted jumping. And
this is where you get into the meat and the potatoes, you have deadlifts plus eccentrics.
Nathanael Morton: One other thing that I
love is that he splits everything up and then he puts everything together in a combo. For example,
he'll give you broad jumps, then you have some bounding, then you have some penultimate touches.
But then you smash everything together and you do a broad jump into bounding into a penultimate
touch. So his combos are on another level, his basketball specifics are on another level.
Nathanael Morton: And then you also have a freestyle dunk session,
which I liked, but in a freestyle dunk session, it can be easy for people to favor their best
dunks. I'm going to favor my right left because that's my best approach, when what I need to work
on the most is my left right, and off of my right foot specifically. So I liked the freestyle dunk
session, but I also like that my dunk session and other people's dunk session, Isaiah Rivera,
I like it a little better that everything is a set amount of reps. But he gives you
10 minutes freestyles dunk session. Nathanael Morton:
Phase three is where it gets really juicy. And you have your high pulls, you have your speed squats,
you have your exercises that are going to take your rate of force development to the next level.
So need I remind you, if you've been watching my channel for a while, you already know this.
The way to jump higher is to press harder into to ground and to press faster into the ground.
How much force and how fast can you apply that force into the ground to get an equal and opposite
reaction into the air. This is where you really work on that, in phase three of his program.
Nathanael Morton: Phase four of his program is where he threw
me for a curve ball, because phase four is an entire month of plyos and no weight. So days one,
three, and five are plyos. Days two and four are core and mobility. Now, you're using small
dumbbells for some of these. But I'm talking no squats, no dead lifts, no high pulls, no barbell,
no heavy dumbbells. You're literally just doing plyos and small little five pound weights for
power skips and things like that. Nathanael Morton:
So I don't know why he did... And listen, this dude knows much more than me. I'll come out
clear and I'll tell you that. I've told you that a million times. This dude is the GOAT.
But until I understand why, which I tried to find why he did that, he didn't really say,
I don't agree with this. I don't think you should take a full month off of doing weights. Maybe a
full week, maybe two weeks. But an entire month with no weights? You're going to have to go back
and be like, how do I squat again? But who knows? Maybe your body could really benefit from that.
Maybe I should take a month off from training. Nathanael Morton:
Phase five. Once again, we have tons of lateral work mixed in. We have exercises in phase five
that I have never seen before, but I wanted to just go out and do them right now. They look so
much fun. We have hurdle jumps where you are doing a rotational hurdle jump, doing a lateral hurdle,
and then you're doing a penultimate hurdle jump, then you're doing another lateral.
It looks so much fun. We have pogo box taps. I wanted to just go do these right now, but I have
work to do. But these look so much fun and I've never even seen some of these exercises before.
They're just, they're just, this dude's just... I'm telling you guys, I'm telling you.
Nathanael Morton: And guys, that is it. Listen,
I don't have time to go through the full 12 phases. I did look at the full 12 phases, but I
just gave you guys six months, six phases, what I think of this program. The other six months,
I looked at it. It's pretty similar. It just gets more intense and less volume, which is what you
should do in a vertical jump training program. Nathanael Morton:
So this is a full year of programming, and here's where I think it stacks up to my program,
Isaiah Rivera, BounceKit. I already told you guys, but let me give you the order once again. We have
Nick Briz at the bottom, then we have Vert Shock, then we have the Lost Breed Flight School, then we
have Vert Code Bodyweight, then we have BounceKit by Jordan Kilgannon. Then we have Isaiah Rivera
and Overtime Athletes tied for the top spot until PGF Performance came with the Vert Code Elite.
Nathanael Morton: So this is what I do want to say. Isaiah Rivera,
Overtime Athletes, BounceKit by Jordan Kilgannon, and Vert Coat Elite. I think that all of these
programs will get you a similar number of inches. If we're talking about raw inches on
your vertical, how many inches are you going to gain? They're all pretty similar. But Vert Code
Elite will make you so much better of a basketball player. It will increase your athleticism in
general. It will increase your sprint speed, your top end speed, your jump mechanics,
your deceleration, your agility, how quickly you can move laterally. So all of these programs will
get you a lot of inches on your vertical. But if you are a basketball player, I pray to you,
Vert Code Elite is the way to go. Nathanael Morton:
The one thing about Isaiah Rivera's coaching is that he's right there coaching you. Same thing
with mine. $10 a month, I am right there coaching you. I am right there to answer any questions.
I can't respond to every single Instagram DM. I can't, there's too many. I'd spend my entire
day doing that. I can't respond to all of my YouTube comments. I can't even respond to all
my emails. There are literally, the volume is so many, and I have a full-time job. I wouldn't be
able to make these videos. I would not be able to do the most important things that
move my business forward if I just spent all day responding to people. But if you do my coaching,
if you do Isaiah Rivera's coaching, you get first priority. We answer you first. That is something
that you don't get with PJF Performance. Nathanael Morton:
So guys, those are my conclusions. Vert Code Elite has now taken the top spot.
And this is a lesson that all of us can learn from. So as I was going through this program,
I love it so much when I find individuals better than me. I am not ashamed of my weaknesses
whatsoever, because if I know my weaknesses, then I can improve on my weaknesses. If somebody
comments on my videos and says, "Nate, your thumbnails suck." I don't think, oh,
he made fun of me. No, I think is he right? Can I make my thumbnails better? So going through this
program taught me that I have a lot to learn. This is the level that I need to play at if I
want to be the best. I think I can be the best. It doesn't hurt my feelings, it doesn't hurt my ego
to see that he is better than me. It makes me excited to learn and to get better.
Nathanael Morton: So those are my conclusions. Vert Code
Elite is by far the best vertical jump training program on the planet to date, until I review
a program that is better than his. So that's my conclusion. I will see you guys in the next
video. Nathanael Morton:
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