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Tracy Mcgrady Dunks Or How To Increase Vertical Jump

Have you seen Tracy McGrady's dunk over thelifting exercise. He had to do such lifting
7'6''  Center  Shawn  Bradley?for  4/  5  sessions.
Ok, some time has passed since then, butSolid  Ball  Practice
T-Mac  still  got  hoops.
In this practice, McGrady had to lift a solid
Actually, the 28-year old Houston Rocketball (at a weight of 16 pounds) above his
still  has  a  35.5-inch  vertical!head, and ran from one baseline to another
baseline across the court. After a 3-peat
After and during his rehabilitation, McGradysprint across the court, he then changed to
worked  at  lot  on  getting  stronger.another solid ball weighing at 8 pounds,
lifted it in his hand, and jumped to touch
"Now, I persist to train every day,the  rim.
regardless I am at home or outside. My
condition is improving slowly but surely. MyAfter some 10-peats of such practice, McGrady
strength and in fact everything is improvingtook up a skipping rope, and jumped for
as well. I can clearly feel it. I willseveral  minutes  so  as  to  relax.
continue on my training. Unlike everybody
thought and said, I need to prove that TracyDuring this workout McGrady also used some
McGrady is not yet finished." - Tracy McGradyspecial  exercises  to increase his vertical:
Here's  a  summary  of  his  workout:Bouncing  Machine
Dumb  BellsMcGrady stood in the middle of the bouncing
machine that was fixed stationary on the
McGrady held two 70-pound dumb bells on bothfloor. He put on a suspender that could be
hands, and started lifting facing a mirror onable to bind tightly his upper body. Four
the wall. Every session demanded McGrady tostrong rubber bands were connected to the
hold this pair of dumb bells straighteningsuspender from the 4 corners of the bouncing
his arms for 10 times. McGrady had to swingmachine. Then McGrady had to jump
his body back and forth to persist in thecontinuously for 30 times.



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