Binghamton, NY
A 18-year-old male asked:
what muscle to do you use to jump higher for basketball?
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Dr. Ankush Bansal answered
Internal Medicine 17 years experience
Not so simple: It's not 1 or 2 or 3 muscles. It's many in your legs, pelvis, and back that work together to cause you to jump.
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A 37-year-old male asked:
Left bicept muscle jumping?
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Dr. David Jakubowicz answered
ENT and Head and Neck Surgery 22 years experience
Muscle spasm: I get it sometimes to very common sometimes painful and often unnerving.
5434 viewsAnswered Apr 28, 2019
Binghamton, NY
A 18-year-old male asked:
What muscles do you need to exercises to increase your vertical jump?
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Dr. Lonna Larsh answered
Family Medicine 30 years experience
ALL your leg muscles: Especially quads, hamstrings, gastrocnemius. Here is a link to some great exercises for increasing your vertical jump: http://sportsmedicine.About.Com/cs/conditioning/a/verticaljump.Htm.
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A 47-year-old member asked:
Can jumping on a trampoline make you gain muscle?
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Dr. David Hardin answered
Wound care 36 years experience
Minimal: A muscle has to be used to build it you use some leg muscle and little if any arm muscle. It can be used for gentle aerobic exercise though.
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Canada
A 16-year-old female asked:
What muscles are used in a pike jump ?
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Dr. Robert Killian answered
General Practice 28 years experience
All of them: Neck, arms, hands, shoulders, chest, upper, mid, and lower back. The abdominal muscles and all of the muscles in the legs and feet. Why?
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