Portable Power Jumper: Short Cut to Hops?

LifelineUSA Portable Power Jumper

Now let's start this off with a disclaimer; I am not a beginner. I have played sports on literally every level minus NBA/NFL. I have been dunking since I was 14 and as of the last pro combine I went to, I had a legit 39 inch vertical. So this will not be some review about how power jumpers turned my vertical from 12 to 20 inches. But there in lies the beauty of the product, it works on everyone from soccer mom wanting to just do squats all the way up to advanced athletes. A kind of jumped ahead but had to point it out. You see most vertical leap programs and equipment work wonders for someone who has never touched a weight before but your gains fall into a plateau after your body adjusts to the new stress your putting it other. That's why 90% of testimonials follow the "omg I'm 16 and never dunked before now" template. It's rarely "hey this took my vertical from 35-45." A) Because improving an already astounding vertical is hard as anything. B) Beginners are almost guaranteed results by the simplest of workouts. Think of it fitness wise. Who will drop weight quicker, a obese person who has never worked out or someone who is already in elite shape and wants that last body fat percent drop?

Now back to the jumpers, when you get them, they show you the basic 2-1-none routine. It's simple enough but even for someone like myself gave me the jelly legs after I took them off. Because the bands resistance increases as you extend to jump, every time you drive your hips, it's so much extra force needed than regular jump squats. Normally I can touch the top of the square from a stand still. With both red bands on, I couldn't even touch the rim 5 times in a row. That shows you how much extra the power jumper adds. After taking off one band for the next set I was able to get a little higher. After taking it completely off for my last set my legs were gone. I had a former female basketball player I train try them with me and even though we were levels apart athletically, we both were getting the same intense level workout that put body's could exert while trying to jump. The only negatives I saw were, A) It can be a little tricky to get over your shoulders at first without help. B) If your shy and using them in public, people will stare at you as if you have a 3rd eye. Then again those same people will clear a path when your skying over them.
In conclusion, the portable power jumpers do what they say and are a versatile and effective tool. If your creative you can quickly inter grade the power jumpers in any leg routine and will out due moat band resisted exercise not named vertimax. If you have 3,000 to spend on a vertimax, go get that but other then that I'd take the power jumper over the equally priced equipment like jumpsoles, calf isolator, ankle weights etc... These won't turn you into Vince Carter but with time and work ethic, they will raise your vertical, beginner and advanced alike.