Do you get more muscle standing on your tippy toes?

Question

i want to get more leg muscle to jump higher and run faster

Answer 1

yes you can.

instead of going from tippy toes to the flat of your heel. keep your heel an inch off the floor then back up.

for more spring in your step put a back pack on with something heavy in

do it fast to jump higher

do it slow to build muscle up

Answer 2

Walking on your "tippy toes" will actually slow you down and jump lower.  You will get more calf muscle though.  If you run on your toes too you would get more.

Sprinting and jumping use the same basic principles.  The first one comes from Coach Isaac Newton.  For every action there is an equal but opposite reaction.  So with sprinting and jumping, the more force you put into the ground the more you will be propelled up or forward.

Sprinting:  You want to be dorsiflexed (tippy toes = plantarflexed) which is when your ankles are at 90 degrees.  Back in the 1930's German researchers realized this was the most efficient position of your foot.  By the time it came across the ocean and into the ears of coaches, it was mistranslated as "run on your toes".  This is a complete misnomer and can cause serious injury especially when it done on the football field  when you are on your toes and some large person tackles you when your entire body is supported by a few inches of contact on the ground.  This foot position will also help you use your glutes and hamstrings.  If you plantarflex you will end up pulling yourself forward and using your relatively small quad and calf muscles.  If you dorsiflex you will use your glutes (biggest muscle of the body), hamstrings and calves.

For jumping, you will want to keep your hips back and feet are flat. Knees should *never, ever* go past the toes!!! Use a countermovement of the hips and then jump up.  Seems simple but it is very complex.  Charles Barkley did a great job of getting into position.  He would box his man out by keeping his hips back but it also put him in a great position to jump up for a rebound. Did a great job for someone of his height.  Olympic lifts suc as cleans and snatches are great for reinforcing the habits of jumping.  Many of the Olympic lifters have verticals of over 35 inches.  Bodybuilders who train their slow twitch muscles usually have smaller verticals of less than 15 inches.  Both examples are those at a high level of their respective competition (world class).  

Be more efficient in how you want to build muscles and how you do your movements.  

Good Luck!

Answer 3

yes you will. it builds up your calves muscles.

Answer 4

yes bt it will mess u up a bit sprinters tend to tipy toe runn anyway just dont do it when its ot nessicary you can hurt ur achilllies or get shin splints. try hiting the gym and doing legg presh and calf raises . every few times raise the wait and soo u will be built u should start with at lest 120 on the leg press and u should hope to bulid up enough to get closer to 300 a normal is 200lbs so ont sweat it .

good luck

u can def do 200 lbs considering i can do 200 easy and max out at 350 to 400.

Answer 5

Instead of running, just try walking on your toes. once you have built up some muscle and flexibilty you can move on to jogging and running.

Answer 6

in your calves

but you will strain your achillies

so it is not worth it