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The reason for the box is to decrease the landing forces experienced when landing from a regular jump. If you hop off the box and experience the landing forces anyway, there is no reason to use a box. If you simply want to focus on the take-off portion of the jump and don't care about the landing forces, there is also no reason to use a box. I'm glad you all mentioned the part about people using it for cardio though.
What if your intentions are to get out of the bottom of the squat quicker? Would going lower, and then exploding have more carry overs for a power lifter?
Excellent point. Many fitness videos are with tunnel vision. Thinking out of the box and knowing that each individual has their own purpose for what their doing. however, stop doing box jumps when feeling fatigue due to increased risk of injury.
I think you got PAP backwards, mate. Heavy squats will improve your vertical jump, unless you have evidence for the other way around. Also, is there evidence that it will build more muscle?
Good video. Quick question. Some confusion on volume. Early in the video u say these should be kept at low reps with high quality, but in the MAPS PERFORMANCE Power phase the protocol calls for 4 sets of 15-20. Can you clarify?
Depends what your training for. I do 24 inch box jumps for sets of 12 as fast as I can without any pausing between jumps. THAT is just as legitimate as what is explained in the video. I train martial arts and the training as shown in the video is not for me. Too slow. It CAN be used as cardio and explosive movement training. It works both the way we train.
As long as it's up to the middle of your thigh, it's good enough. If you are very explosive and have great hip mobility, you can even try it at hip height. Do 4-5 sets of 5 jumps with at least a minute's rest in between sets. Don't jump down from the box, use a smaller box as a step to get down.
