Muscle Building Blog

Bay Area para-jumpers are flexing their rescue muscles right now.

It has been documented that for the most part, people that have a good vertical jump are also pretty fast sprinters and the reverse can be true. It has to do with the leg strength and explosive power that has been gained from training. Although there are muscles that are predominantly used for sprinting and jumping they can overlap and help in both events.Those with stronger quads seem to jump higher, and stronger hamstrings and glutes should be faster sprinters. So if you have developed stronge