Yeah, that’s someone said on Facebook in reference to a vertical jump training clinic I have coming  up this weekend. The funny thing was, this kid said it without having any idea who I was; had never trained with me and doesn’t know anything about my training methods.

His basis for why my clinic was a “waste of money” is because he had done a program in his “advanced basketball” class (whatever that is LOL) and it only increased his vertical by 4 inches. 

So I sent a message back explaining that maybe he didn’t exactly have the best program if he wasn’t happy with results. Now honestly unless his vertical was comparable to a 5th grade girl a 4” improvement isn’t too terribly bad. It’s all relative to where you start. But the fact is likely if it was a program that took place in some high school gym class they don’t even have a real vertical jump tester so not only did this kid have no idea what his true vertical was, there was probably no thought and planning put into the program.

So all of this got me to thinking about what I tell parents and athletes all the time who come into my facility to ask about training with me. It’s all about the RESULTS. That’s what I get paid for and that’s what people come to me for. Because results are the undeniable end product of what I and my athletes are working for.
  • Results matter more than how the place you train in looks or how expensive their equipment is
  • Results matter more than the number of certifications that follow your trainer’s name
  • Results matter more than well, pretty much anything
See this kid who thought my clinic is a “waste of money” has no idea what we are going to do there. He said you can find all the exercises online for free. I sort of question if all these exercises you can find online for free are so good why he didn’t do them and get a bigger improvement than 4”. 

I won’t even get into the fact that he says you can “find all these exercises for free on the internet” but yet he probably has never heard of 50-rep rhythm squats, band resisted KB swings or why you should stretch your hip flexors before jumping (all things you will learn at my vertical jump clinic this weekend). 

The real fact of the matter is he was unhappy with the results of the program he did, not my program. He didn’t get RESULTS and therefore he associates all programs as being a waste of money or time simply because the one he did was a waste.

So let me say again, RESULTS are what matter. If your training program isn’t producing the results you want, maybe you should be training differently.

I train athletes from most small local 2A schools and when you don’t have a whole team committed, the team is only going to do so well. But individually my athletes have stacked up some nice accomplishments in the past few years:
  • 8 athletes I have trained went on to play collegiate level sports
  • 2 – 3 more will be signing and playing collegiate sports this year
  • I have had athletes break 3 different school records at their high school
  • I have an athlete who tied a state record in football this past season
  • I have an athlete who won the Davidson County Elite Athlete Challenge last year
  • I have an athlete who vertical jumped 39.5” at a Parisi Football Combine Clinic
  • I have a high school sophomore who is already pound-for-pound the strongest athlete at his school and who will rewrite all the weight room record boards by the time he graduates
And the list goes on. Bottom line my training produces RESULTS. And that is what matters.  

If you are training and you are still at the same level you were 6 months ago, 12 months ago….then what you are doing isn’t working. 

Look for a program that gets RESULTS.

P.S. This weekend the Vertical Jump Training Clinic is here. If you’re ready for results, if you are ready to stop being average, then come and check this out. You can sign up here:

http://www.heplerstrength.com/vertical-jump-clinic.html
 


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Daniel Price
02/03/2011 05:36

amen!

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Matt Wiggins link
02/03/2011 06:15

I could *so* go off on a massive tangent (LMAO), but I won't. Instead, I say this - tell this kid to prove it. Put himself up against one of your athletes for a given period of time and see who increases their VJ the most (in either an absolute or relative sense). Post the results here on your blog, facebook, and youtube. (Or write an article and let that 'Wiggins Marketing' guy syndicate the hell out of it. ;-) Methinks the kid won't have the guts to respond. What a tool.

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Cheryl Surratt
02/03/2011 11:21

This kid is just babling!!!! I cant say enough good things about Andy!!!!! My son has been traing with Andy for almost 2yrs and we see a HUGE difference in him. Starting keeper for the jv team above sophomores, was moved to varsity for states!!!! So, kid know what you are talking about BEFORE you say anything!!!!!

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Mike Frazier
02/04/2011 14:47

This is actually too funny...the four inches this kid gained from his Advanced BS program could have been gained in a hour session with Andy. Im sure this kid does not even know correct technique or warm-up methods as Andy has described, which means he has no idea what an improvement actually means because he has no idea what his actual full potential vertical jump is. He probably thinks jumping 24" from 20" was a great improvement when he really could have jumped 25" if he would have known what he was doing in the first place. Keep up the good work Andy no one can deny the results your athletes exhibit every season.

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