is 6ft 5 inches achievable for me in high jump

Training Advice/Discussion High School

9 years ago 05/29/2014 8:44pm EDT

this track season i did terrible. i am a junior in high school who can't jump above 5ft. my 400m is 74s and my 200m is 32s. if i train hard for the next 8-9 months can i get my high jump pr around 6ft. this was my first year in a sport. im not really that athletic and i was also the weakest dude on the team.im going to start doing plyos, and im also going to start lifting. i really need to increase my power and explosiveness. next track season i want to focus on the high jump mainly because my high school doesn't have that many high jumpers who can jump around 6ft. we only had one. all the other high jumpers jumped below 6ft.

im a 17 year old 6ft 1in teen boy. im going to be a senior in high school and i want to become a varsity athlete on my track team.

9 years ago 05/29/2014 9:44pm EDT

re: Libanbolt

6'5 is probably not achievable for you. IDK if you have no athletic background you may improve alot.

9 years ago 05/29/2014 10:07pm EDT

re: joel przybilla

alright. my main goal is to get it to atleast 6ft.

joel przybilla wrote:
6'5 is probably not achievable for you. IDK if you have no athletic background you may improve alot.

9 years ago 05/29/2014 10:19pm EDT

re: joel przybilla

I'm interested in seeing how you do. Please post regular updates.

Seems like the weight room is where you will need to live for the next year. Do sprint workouts to stay lean, you don't want to end up looking like a lineman on the football team.

You will have to outwork everyone. Seeing as how you are in high school be prepared for some ridicule at 1st. Just keep working don't give up. When the other athletes begin to notice your results they will stop making fun, but you will notice them long before they do. Don't let them take the wind from your sails, keep working.

I had a friend in junior high who I would have said wasn't much of an athlete at all when we met in 7th grade. B-team everything, the school didn't make cuts. He didn't play any sports in eight grade, but he did lift weights consistently with his older brother. In ninth grade he joined the football and power lifting team. After 18 months of weigh training he was one of the bigger and stronger athletes in the class. He ended up being offered a full ride in football as a linebacker. Don't take your current condition to mean you don't have athleticism, you've just never trained for anything. You're out of shape.

Learn how to train, and make yourself do it even when it's not fun. As a thirty year old, you can see the difference in the workplace of those who learned how to train growing up and those who didn't. So the work you do even if you don't clear six feet will pay off for years to come.

9 years ago 05/29/2014 10:48pm EDT

re: cant hurt to try

Agreed with the guy above

Consistency in training is the most important thing. Keep this thread updated as a way to keep track of your progress and hold yourself accountable. Some knowledgeable high jumpers might chime in as well

also, maybe wean yourself onto a plyometrics program

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