[scottmcgrady]

I need the truth from people who have actually done air alert 3. my coach gave it to me to do this summer, and i started today. what are the problems with it, and does it actually mess up your knees? and if it honestly is bad, cna someone please give me another good program, that is pretty basic to use but increases your verticle. thank you.

[maikis]

i does hurt knees.i experienced it.but yeah you'll get higher after it.
imo best one is vjb and i haven't even started it yet.

[Jemcee]

Yeah man i wouldn't do air alert... It could give you problems with your knee (Jumper's knee) or other areas (achilles tendinitis)...

But is air alert 3 the less intense version? not done as frequently?

The reason i don;t like AA is because it is 5 days in a row.. no rest which is prob one of the most important things along with Diet and Stimulation (the exercise)..
AA trains you muscles for endurance , you are doing sets of 1000 and shiit which is not what you want for basketball, you want explosive power/strength and thhere are different type of strength that you can train for..

I learned this awhile ago so i might have the names wrong but:

Maximum strength - 3-6 reps, 80-100% of your lifting ability, performed slowly

Speed strength/power - 6-8 reps, 70-80% Maxrep, Performed fast (this is what ball players want, u get alot of strength and train your muscles to use it quickly/explosively)

Endurance strength 15-20 reps, 50% (i think, prob less).... This is what air alert is.. Just gives you the ability to keep on jumping but not higher or more powerfully.

and there is one more in the middle but i forgot the name...

But yeah, Power i what you want..

What i mean by 80-100% or 60-80% is the percentage or resistance/ max weight that you can do once.. so say you can squat 70kg once.. and you want to train for explosiveness...

You will do:

around 50kg

6-8 times or even less... very fast and concentrating on explosiveness.. make sure that it is proper form tho...


Also make sure that you have trained with weights before and have a good base of weights under you belt.. atleast 8-12 weeks to get your muscles and joints used to it to stop injury.. and the preparation weights are just normal strength training not power yet


I forgot to say,, all of these are done with sets of 3

[scottmcgrady]

Thank you very much, both of you. i appreciate it. i've decided after reading this, that i will probably stop air alert, and just do loads of squats, and things for my calves in the gym and what not. so thank you for your help, greatly appreciated.

[Faber]

I'm thinking about buying this, thanks for the help.

[enetblazin4eva]

Originally Posted by Jemcee

Yeah man i wouldn't do air alert... It could give you problems with your knee (Jumper's knee) or other areas (achilles tendinitis)...

But is air alert 3 the less intense version? not done as frequently?

The reason i don;t like AA is because it is 5 days in a row.. no rest which is prob one of the most important things along with Diet and Stimulation (the exercise)..
AA trains you muscles for endurance , you are doing sets of 1000 and shiit which is not what you want for basketball, you want explosive power/strength and thhere are different type of strength that you can train for..

I learned this awhile ago so i might have the names wrong but:

Maximum strength - 3-6 reps, 80-100% of your lifting ability, performed slowly

Speed strength/power - 6-8 reps, 70-80% Maxrep, Performed fast (this is what ball players want, u get alot of strength and train your muscles to use it quickly/explosively)

Endurance strength 15-20 reps, 50% (i think, prob less).... This is what air alert is.. Just gives you the ability to keep on jumping but not higher or more powerfully.

and there is one more in the middle but i forgot the name...

But yeah, Power i what you want..

What i mean by 80-100% or 60-80% is the percentage or resistance/ max weight that you can do once.. so say you can squat 70kg once.. and you want to train for explosiveness...

You will do:

around 50kg

6-8 times or even less... very fast and concentrating on explosiveness.. make sure that it is proper form tho...


Also make sure that you have trained with weights before and have a good base of weights under you belt.. atleast 8-12 weeks to get your muscles and joints used to it to stop injury.. and the preparation weights are just normal strength training not power yet


I forgot to say,, all of these are done with sets of 3

Your missing some rep numbers there; 1,2,9-15,21+.

100% would be your 1RM.

1-5 reps = Power
6-12 = Hypertrophy
13-20 = Muscular Endurance

[johhnywave]

I did AA a few years back and it only messes with your knees if you do the exercises incorrectly. Don't remember which one I did, have to look it up.

[KinG 15]

so it only messes ur knees if u do it in correctly?

does any1 have the video. i'm interested in doing Air Alert 3