Vertical Mastery Review Overall Rating: 9.75
Jack Woodrup's Vertical Mastery program has become a staple for the vertical jump program scene. One of the most noteable aspects that seperates Vertical Mastery from its competition is the software application it uses to show users what they need to improve on. This allows for a very customizable and constantly changing to your needs workout that can provide impressive results. Read on to find out more about Vertical Mastery, or click here to read about our 2011 summer vertical jump competition where myself and my coauthor will personally be testing out Vertical Mastery and Vertfreak101.
About the author Jack Woodrup
Jack Woodrup's story is similar to many others who went onto become the authors of great vertical jump programs. Standing at a couple inches under six feet tall, and at the age of 31, he became suddenly obsessed with being able to dunk a basketball. From there on, Woodrup worked hard as he uncovered much of what he knows about the vertical jump today. Less than two years later he acheived success on his mission to dunk a basketball, and his journey lead to him creating this program.
Vertical Mastery
Upon purchasing the Vertical Mastery jumping program you will be taken to a download screen where you will be asked to download your purchase. After the download is finished the program will be located in a zip file where you told it to be stored after downloading. Go there and click on the folder. Here you can begin to read the 80+ page guide that comes with the program called The Fundamentals of Vertical Jump Training, or you can install the software that you will be using to test and produce the best vertical jump training program for you specifically. Here is what The Fundamentals of Vertical Jump Training guide will look like when you open it:
Here is what you will receive:
With your purchase comes the Vertical Mastery software program, and two pdf documents (Vertical Mastery Training Guide and a How to Use the Software guide). We will start off by going over the vertical jump training guide that comes with the program, and then finish with going over their unique software program for vertical jump training.
Vertical Mastery's 4 Keys to Vertical Jump
The whole Vertical Mastery jumping program is built around the 4 key elements they have chosen as the most important to ones ability to jump higher. These are Motion Efficiency, Body Composition, Strength, and Speed. There are several pages written on each of these topics, as Jack Woodrup explains why each is vital to your success in increasing your vertical jump. Reading through this will give you an idea of the types of vertical jump training you are about to do, and why each particular part is important.
Training
We now move on to the training part of the Vertical Mastery Training Guide. This is not your actual jump program, but rather details on how your training should be conducted, specifically before and after you perform the vertical jump workouts themselves. By reading through and following the pointers offered in this part of the guide you will effectively warm up and cool down before and after each workout. Doing this properly can potentially make a huge difference in the amount of success you have with the Vertical Mastery program.
Recovery
It is well known that muscles do not get bigger or stronger while you are actually working out. Workouts are to train and break down your muscles by pushing them to the limit. It is in the recovery stage after your vertical jump workouts that your muscles will repair themselves and get stronger and more explosive. Woodrup writes many pages detailing the recovery process that has worked so well for him in the past, including but not limited to the rest, diet, hydration, and icing. Recovery is an often overlooked part of working out, by following Jack Woodrup's guide you will be able to maximize your recovery, hence maximizes your gains on your vertical jump.
The Vertical Mastery Software
This is our favorite part of the Vertical Mastery program, as it is quite unique compared to others on the market. After reading the Vertical Mastery Training Guide it is time to get to work. Open the pdf file title "How to Use the Software" and read up. This will show you how to install the software itself, as well as walk you through the testing stages. You will then proceed to do a number of physical tests designed to guage where you performance levels are at and what needs to be worked on. By plugging the results of these tests in to the software program, it will compute the results and make a vertical jump training program designed specifically for you. Then all you have to do is follow the program. When you finish, if you want to gain more inches on your vertical jump, simply retest and recompute the results for a brand new workout routine. You can do this until you are happy with your vertical jump.
Our Vertical Mastery Review
Vertical Mastery added a modern technological aspect to vertical jump training programs that has arguably for the first time allowed a jumping program to offer completely customized workouts for an athlete depending on their needs and abilities. The software included with Vertical Mastery is pretty darn cool, and it would be nice to see other programs shift towards a similar product. Things we liked about the program are the software program, the way it customizes itself to an athletes specific needs, and the maintainability of it. Some negatives were the size of the Vertical Mastery Training Guide (we felt more detail and information could have been added) and the price. Other than that you are looking at a pretty good program, which we at the present time are ranking in second place, just a hair behind Vertfreak101. We would recommend checking it out if you like the idea of using a software program that will design a totally unique program for you, rather than some programs which try to fit everyone into one or two difference vertical jump training programs. Many users have reported outstanding and continuous gains with Vertical Mastery, and we highly recommend anyone looking to boost their vertical leap check it out.
To visit Jack Woodrup's Vertical Mastery website click here!
Thanks for reading our Vertical Mastery Review, make sure to click the "Contact Us" link and send us an email with your thoughts, opinions, questions, or suggestions for the site. Any feedback, good or bad, is appreciated.
Vertical Mastery
Upon purchasing the Vertical Mastery jumping program you will be taken to a download screen where you will be asked to download your purchase. After the download is finished the program will be located in a zip file where you told it to be stored after downloading. Go there and click on the folder. Here you can begin to read the 80+ page guide that comes with the program called The Fundamentals of Vertical Jump Training, or you can install the software that you will be using to test and produce the best vertical jump training program for you specifically. Here is what The Fundamentals of Vertical Jump Training guide will look like when you open it:
Here is what you will receive:
With your purchase comes the Vertical Mastery software program, and two pdf documents (Vertical Mastery Training Guide and a How to Use the Software guide). We will start off by going over the vertical jump training guide that comes with the program, and then finish with going over their unique software program for vertical jump training.
Vertical Mastery's 4 Keys to Vertical Jump
The whole Vertical Mastery jumping program is built around the 4 key elements they have chosen as the most important to ones ability to jump higher. These are Motion Efficiency, Body Composition, Strength, and Speed. There are several pages written on each of these topics, as Jack Woodrup explains why each is vital to your success in increasing your vertical jump. Reading through this will give you an idea of the types of vertical jump training you are about to do, and why each particular part is important.
Training
We now move on to the training part of the Vertical Mastery Training Guide. This is not your actual jump program, but rather details on how your training should be conducted, specifically before and after you perform the vertical jump workouts themselves. By reading through and following the pointers offered in this part of the guide you will effectively warm up and cool down before and after each workout. Doing this properly can potentially make a huge difference in the amount of success you have with the Vertical Mastery program.
Recovery
It is well known that muscles do not get bigger or stronger while you are actually working out. Workouts are to train and break down your muscles by pushing them to the limit. It is in the recovery stage after your vertical jump workouts that your muscles will repair themselves and get stronger and more explosive. Woodrup writes many pages detailing the recovery process that has worked so well for him in the past, including but not limited to the rest, diet, hydration, and icing. Recovery is an often overlooked part of working out, by following Jack Woodrup's guide you will be able to maximize your recovery, hence maximizes your gains on your vertical jump.
The Vertical Mastery Software
This is our favorite part of the Vertical Mastery program, as it is quite unique compared to others on the market. After reading the Vertical Mastery Training Guide it is time to get to work. Open the pdf file title "How to Use the Software" and read up. This will show you how to install the software itself, as well as walk you through the testing stages. You will then proceed to do a number of physical tests designed to guage where you performance levels are at and what needs to be worked on. By plugging the results of these tests in to the software program, it will compute the results and make a vertical jump training program designed specifically for you. Then all you have to do is follow the program. When you finish, if you want to gain more inches on your vertical jump, simply retest and recompute the results for a brand new workout routine. You can do this until you are happy with your vertical jump.
Our Vertical Mastery Review
Vertical Mastery added a modern technological aspect to vertical jump training programs that has arguably for the first time allowed a jumping program to offer completely customized workouts for an athlete depending on their needs and abilities. The software included with Vertical Mastery is pretty darn cool, and it would be nice to see other programs shift towards a similar product. Things we liked about the program are the software program, the way it customizes itself to an athletes specific needs, and the maintainability of it. Some negatives were the size of the Vertical Mastery Training Guide (we felt more detail and information could have been added) and the price. Other than that you are looking at a pretty good program, which we at the present time are ranking in second place, just a hair behind Vertfreak101. We would recommend checking it out if you like the idea of using a software program that will design a totally unique program for you, rather than some programs which try to fit everyone into one or two difference vertical jump training programs. Many users have reported outstanding and continuous gains with Vertical Mastery, and we highly recommend anyone looking to boost their vertical leap check it out.
To visit Jack Woodrup's Vertical Mastery website click here!
Thanks for reading our Vertical Mastery Review, make sure to click the "Contact Us" link and send us an email with your thoughts, opinions, questions, or suggestions for the site. Any feedback, good or bad, is appreciated.