Nathanael: Ladies and gentlemen,
welcome to another video. My name is Nathaniel Morton, and I am a vertical jump coach,
and I have helped thousands upon thousands of athletes increase their vertical jump higher and
dunk a basketball, and I will help you do the same exact thing if you simply comment, jump J-U-M-P
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Nathanael: And last but not least,
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Athletes. Link for that will be in the description below as well as the pinned comment. But let's
get started. Today's video is on the jump manual. I'll be reviewing the jump manual, which a lot of
you have been asking for, and somebody went as far as saying that they want to get it for Christmas,
but they want to see my review first to make sure that it is worth buying. So here we go.
Nathanael: The jump manual,
my friends, has been around for a long, long time, which is usually a good sign
because if a program or a product, or service can stand the test of time...
He got the highest vertical jump on the planet. I'll say that right now, but if something can
stand the test of time, that usually means that it is pretty good. I've also seen the jump manual
before. I studied it before, I know what is in the jump manual, so I already know what I'm going to
say to you. But let me jump in here and break it down for you so that you can see yourself.
Nathanael: The jump manual is $97.
So it's on the higher price range compared to all the other programs. Remember, Vert Shock was $67,
Flight System $134, Vert Code Body Weight was $85. Isaiah Rivera's Coaching is $89 a month.
Nick Bridges was $67. Flight School, 29.99. Bounce Kit was $77. Vert Code Elite 27.95 per month or
$275 for the lifetime access, and it's the highest price point that we've seen so far. [inaudible
00:02:11] Coaching 49.50 per month, Fats Don't Fly, 89.95, [inaudible 00:02:16] Vert was only $7,
Jump Attack was about $15. Chris Staple's program was $27, but then he raised the
price to about $45, I believe. And this program is $97. So it better be worth it.
Nathanael: The very first thing
that I will tell you about this program is that you get a lot of information explaining how to
actually increase your vertical jump. So like I like to do, I bought this program a while back,
not to do it because I do my own programming, all the programs that are in my membership programs,
I actually do those programs myself, and I make sure that they are good
and good for you and good for me, and that is how I actually increased my vertical jump.
Nathanael: But the jump manual
I bought just to study it, just to research it, and I will say he has of information in here.
He gives you the nine essential variables of an explosive vertical jump. And he says that
those nine essential variables are number one, strength, number two, quickness, which it's not
quickness, it is rates of force development. Quickness, I don't believe is the right word.
The right word is rate of force development. The rate at which you can develop force to go in the
air dunking on anybody who is sadly standing in the lane, becoming a poster as we speak.
Nathanael: The third one is
neurological recruitment and conditioning. Number four is fuel, which just means nutrition. Number
five is stability and balance. Number six is form or jump technique. Number seven is
flexibility. This guy is huge on flexibility. He preaches static stretching. So I would love
to get this guy in a debate with Paul Fabritz from PJF performance, and I would love them to
go back and forth about whether or not flexibility is actually good for you.
Nathanael: Number eight, body composition,
because we understood from our review on Fat Don't Fly that fat in fact, doesn't fly. If
you are carrying around excess body fat, you are not going to be able to jump as high as possible.
I challenge you right now to get a 50 pound weight vest or anything 50 pounds, pick up your dog,
try to jump as high as you can. I promise you, you can jump lower than you could if you didn't
have that 50 pound, so that's an exaggeration. 50 pounds is a lot, most people are not 50
pounds overweight, but if you're even a little bit overweight, there's going to be excess weight that
your body's trying to propel in the air, and you could be jumping higher if you did not have that.
Nathanael: And number nine, hereditary
factors. This is another question that I get all the time. Do genetics play a part? I get so many
comments. "I'm a 5'6" Asian, can I dunk?" Listen, genetics play a role, but they are not
the defining factor. Not everybody is 6'8" with a monster vertical jump and a huge achilles tendon.
Most people, 99% of the world is under six feet. But a lot of people under six feet can dunk.
A lot of people under 5'10" can dunk. So it is not the defining factor. So what you need to do
is understand, yes, genetics play a role, but they do not play the defining role, your strategy and
your consistency play the defining factor. Your strategy, you have to have the right strategy.
You have to be doing the correct exercises and the consistency. You can't just try it for a month and
say, this doesn't work. You got to try it for a long time. You got to stay consistent with the
right strategy, and then your vertical will go up and up and up, and you'll put anybody on a poster.
Nathanael: He has an entire
section on muscle fibers, and this is by far my favorite part of the program. And he says that
there are a few rules that you need to follow when training for muscle fiber type in vertical jump,
and these rules are; rule number one, you need to be training in recruiting
and developing your type II fast twitch muscle fibers to increase your vertical jump. Okay,
you and I both know that is true. He says that to increase your vertical jump as high as possible,
you need to recruit all of your muscle fibers and you do that by lifting heavy.
Nathanael: You and I both know that
we do need to recruit all of our muscle fibers, but he says that you should be lifting with 85%
of your one rep max. So here's what I will say about that.
You will recruit more muscle fibers by lifting heavy than by lifting light. That is true. If
you do a squat with 30% of your one rep max, you are not going to recruit all of your muscle fibers
to be used in that lift. If you do a squat with 85% of your one rep max, yes, you are going to be
recruiting all of your muscle fibers, and he does specify move the weight fast. So he wants you to
lift heavy and lift fast. But what I will say is that if you do a squat or any exercise, and you
can not do the concentric part of that exercise in less than one second, the weight is too heavy.
Nathanael: So 85% of your one rep
max is a lot. If you do that, you may not be able to move the weight fast enough for it to transfer
properly to a vertical jump. Paul Fabritz in PJF Performance talks about this a lot. And he says
0.5 seconds. If you can't do the concentric part of a squat in less than 0.5 seconds, the weight
is too heavy and you are not moving it fast enough. You need to go a little bit lighter. So
I do agree with everything that he is saying right here, except 85% is on the high side of things,
and that might be a little too heavy for you and I to move the weight as fast as possible. So
little bit of disagreement there, but he is correct in everything that he is saying.
Nathanael: The nutrition section
that he gives you is also very good. It gives you your general overview of proteins,
fats, carbohydrates, macronutrients, micronutrients, gives you a meal schedule,
gives you a lot of good stuff that you can use to learn how to fuel your body for your vertical
jump training workouts and for day-to-day life as an athlete. So let's get into the program.
Nathanael: The program, ladies and gentlemen, this is what
you've all been waiting for. The program is only 14 days long, and it is repeated over and over
and over. And he says once completed, continuously repeat this 14-day chart with increases in weight
if possible, and intensity. So it is only 14 days. So the one con to this is that there are no
phases. There are no progressions, the only progression that he gives you is he says,
make sure that you add weight and intensity each time. The pros are that this vertical
jump training program works. This program will increase your vertical a lot. This is going to
take your vertical jump to the next level. He has some of the best exercises possible that you
can have in here. He has depth jumps, he has hang cleans, we've got dead lifts, we've got sprints.
Nathanael: He has great exercises. He hits
all of the muscle groups. He hits every everything in your lower body except your tibialis anterior,
so make sure that you hit some tibialis raises with that as well. Very important. He gives you
some core. He gives you some upper body. So my only complaint with this program really is that
there are no progressions. There are no phases. Day one, the very first exercise is depth jumps.
I talked about depth jumps in my previous video about Chris Staples. Depth jumps are an advanced
exercise. So this program is not really for beginners. This program is for intermediate
lifters and advanced lifters, intermediate athletes and advanced athletes. So if you are
one of those, yes, it's going to take you to the next level. The one other thing that I will say
is that in this program, he tells you to lift heavy and lift fast.
Nathanael: If you and I both know,
if we could pick two qualities that our tendons hate, it is lifting heavy and lifting fast. And
you didn't give us any progressions. Now I'm saying this, I love this program. This program
is going to take your vertical jumps to the next level. The only problem is that he just throws you
to the wolves. You will probably get jumper's knee with this program if you don't do a phase first,
or if you haven't been lifting already. If you've already been lifting and you've already been doing
plyometrics, and you already play basketball, then you might be fine to go into this program.
But our tendons don't like concentric fast movements, and they don't like super heavyweight,
85% of your one rep max right away, they don't like that. They like slow eccentrics,
they liked concentrics, and they like progressive overload, slow progressive overload so that they
can adapt. Your tendons adapt to training stimulus three to four times slower than your muscles.
Nathanael: So your muscles can be getting
stronger and stronger and stronger and leaving your tendons behind. So this program is a recipe
for jumper's knee if the beginner gets into it. So all that I will say ladies and gents is that this
program will in fact skyrocket your vertical jump. This program will get you dunking. But I would do
a beginner program before I get into this, or I would start doing plyometrics now by yourself,
before I get into this program, because as soon as you get into it, you get thrown to the wolves,
you get thrown to the lions, and you start lifting heavy and lifting fast. If I were you right now,
and you want to do this, start doing a program that gives you eccentrics and concentrics first.
Do the first phase of my free body weight program and then get into this program.
Nathanael: But guys, those are my conclusions. I know
that this is a shorter video, but this is a short program. It's only 14 days long repeated over
and over and over. And it will work. This program will get you dunking. This will skyrocket your
vertical jump, it will take you to the rafters. However, you need to make sure that you are ready
for the program before you get into the program. That's all I have for you. Like this video. If
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(singing).