How to POP HIGHER (The only methods & exercises that ACTUALLY WORK)

[@TheDailyPush]

Sorry about the audio quality in this one! Will get new microphone batteries for the next one!

[@gumeskate4live]

Accept this tip. I'm 49 years old and have been skateboarding for 37 years. Doing exercises to improve your skateboarding is something we should do sooner or later. When we are younger we don't feel this need, but as we get older we have to maintain strength in our legs to be able to move forward. Do exercises, not to become muscular, but to become strong. Cheers from Brazil!!!🛹

[@chrhadden]

hey we are the same age lol i thought i was the last one alive

[@vancouverbill]

The earlier you start training, the easier it will be to maintain and avoid injury as you get older too

[@DarmokAtTanagra]

I never thought about this when I was a young skater and it totally held my skating back. I was very skinny, the best I ever skated was when my legs were strongest, but I was never that motivated to care. I was just having fun I guess, at a certain point I didn't really try to progress anymore. The consolation is now I'm 47, still slim, way more motivated and progressing a ton. The first hurdle was building leg muscles, and especially those weird little reflex muscles

[@DarmokAtTanagra]

I also think it is important not to over-indulge in alcohol. I am probably one of the only people among my friend group in good enough physical condition to skateboard, and the difference is everybody else's physique changed a lot because of regular drinking. Not even a ton, just a cpl nights a week for a long time will do it IMO. And I even like beer a lot, I'm just a cheapskate so I rarely buy it, and I don't like bars or going out tons.

[@chrhadden]

@@DarmokAtTanagra dont you ever bad mouth beer!lol jk bro. i worked hanging steel for 28 years that tends to keep people in pretty good shape

[@fabiobosco6731]

As a new skateboarder (started 1 yr ago at 29) and a physicist the force vs time graph is exactly the explanation that I needed❤

[@Fortuna_716]

Trust me when youre 16 you feel invincible, once you hit my age 39, you'll realize how important excercising really is when it comes to your body performing

[@binarysun_]

don't forget stretching ...

[@Fortuna_716]

@@binarysun_ indeed

[@mrhogei]

very true man i'm at 35, the yoga, kettlebell exercises, strengthening and flexibility helps a whole load for skating to keep up

[@Fortuna_716]

@@binarysun_ absolutely, but not static stretching, dynamic stretching is where's it's at. It actually works and you're muscles retain the flexibility due to you training your neutral pathways.

[@Fortuna_716]

@@mrhogei it sure does. Keep with it man. Yoga is amazing, I love kettlebells too. The way you feel skating when your body is primed and balanced is a game changer. You should look into Tom Brady's pliability book, idk if you heard of it but it's a system he made called "pliability" essentially it's a way to train your muscles to stay supple and be able to absorb impact without tightening up on you. Your brain will remember certain things you did when you call and prematurely contract your muscles. Pliability reverses all that, keeps you supple and loose. It honestly improved my life so much.

[@thehandleiwantedwasntavailable]

I'm 50 and recently decided to revisit how I ollie (my flat ollie is around 60cm). After carefully looking at some footage of skaters with massive pop, I realised I was placing too much effort into 'jumping high', rather than simply lifting my knees high. This video confirms what I've now adopted. While I have decades of muscle memory to reprogram, the thing I notice most of all is how much less effort my ollies now require. Like, night and day. The height isn't any better, though I'll continue to work on that. Great video!

[@taranmehta6356]

Has it got any better. I’m 19 and my switch Ollie’s are higher because I just jump higher and tuck.

[@jackwatson7323]

It's funny that this is the first time I've ever seen a skate video use the terminology "Reps and sets" It's like we all know it makes sense to train like this but somehow have always avoided it.

[@chrhadden]

like he said we are lazy pieces of shit. lol i know when i was young any upper body workouts i did would throw my balance off a bit.i never really worked out my legs besides running

[@chrhadden]

makes me wish i didnt. there is pros that do it too

[@CurbBlurbs]

So true jack

[@RedBerylFTW]

Actually seeing the pressure curve helps my brain to better understand the amount of pressure I should be applying. Crazy helpful.

[@PotionSeller369]

Hows it going with the skating?

[@RedBerylFTW]

@@PotionSeller369 Better every day. With the summer, I've actually had time to put work into it

[@otohora6537]

47. Bro imagine how fast we would have progressed if we had this kind of training available back in the 90s. ...

[@ControlAllDa1337]

I recently got my first skateboard and I couldn't get any pop at all when trying to ollie. After 4 days I realised it was because I was trying to load all my weight onto my back leg to do a one legged jump. As soon as I tried jumping with two legs I was able to get a little pop going. Still got a long ways to go but it felt great to finally do an Ollie even though it wasn't very good and pretty sketchy 😂

[@MichaelCampbell-ie4bq]

Thank you Matt! I've been doing the "Best Leg Workout..." for 3 years now. Really keeps me in the skate shape I want to keep progressing towards. Now that you've dropped this video, I shall augment the strength exercises shown in to that routine. Definitely could stand to switch it up. Love your work!

[@mistake920]

Thanks for sharing all of the various and very specific exercises! I have watched many videos about exercises that I can do when the weather is bad or Im busy. This is probably the best of them all.

[@GoodrumMC]

This video is gold! I also try to pop as high as I can with all the other tricks I have on flat locked in.

[@loopyoz]

That was absolutely brilliant and so helpful to understand the science behind skating.. you are making it so clear thank you.

[@TheDailyPush]

Aww thanks a lot for the comment! 🙏🙏

[@jezzadee87]

That late pop hack is a total winner. There was me feeling all old and clunky, then I tried this and timewarp back an extra foot of pop. Stoked. Cheers!

[@Bahomar]

thnks so much for this, very insightful, will include those exersices in my workout.

[@TheDailyPush]

You're welcome! Let us know how you get on 🙌

[@isaiahhughes5264]

I nearly doubled my ollie height and made them feel significantly lower effort just by watching how other people ollie and slightly adjusting my foot position. Its crazy how big of a change you can get from micro adjustments and fine tuning your technique

[@Talaskabomb]

Thanks for the work you put into this topic, just so awesome. Everybody needs to get into this training you do here.

[@datguy9408]

learning how to pump up and down ditches has been helping my pop recently. I just need to learn how to control it now. A way of testing my level is if I can grab the nose of the board without reaching.

[@sonofyah_chosen1950]

This channel is pure gold

[@TheNewsInMusic-c3w]

I was doing skateboard as a kid and we didn't have all these info back then. Now I've been doing MMA, BJJ and calisthenics for many years, and it's incredible to see that stuffs that felt impossible to do as a kid are easier with a bit of muscle mass. Anyway thanks for breaking it down 🤙

[@okmugen]

Extremely underrated. loved every second of this!

[@gogzee7797]

👊 The arms bit is a definite, I catch myself not using them at all and then wondering why my ollies so pap!!

[@FunDumb]

There's also a phycological side to this, I've seen buds with super pop but put a hockey stick or curb in front of them and they don't have the timing.

[@joonajaakkola3865]

The best vid on skating I've ever seen

[@manufacturingcontempt8415]

Perfecting the Ollie video next please

[@wanwlfff]

dude this was such a helpful video. i love ur vids tysm

[@Sure2Skate]

Also your kick foot/leg - angle/position is important. Very informative video tbh

[@TheBigDeeps]

Can you do a video like this for tre flips please?

[@marcusvaldez]

Great video and work out. What pants are those?

[@pushstartskateboarding]

Man this is awesome! I already have a decent ollie myself, but haven't really been focusing on height as much. One thing I would add is maintaining good posture on and off the board is a big help when it comes to popping for any trick. Thanks for the tips, I'm going to apply them soon as I can!

[@timematrix]

You should do a more in-depth video on stability. The jumping in a canoe analogy describes exactly how my ollies feel

[@renanaoki714]

Insane information! Thanks!

[@SabiaCDO]

I see a hoodie from ÉS... I listen. Legit.

[@economicsandguitarsandsome1722]

This is super cool! Please do cite that paper by mentioning the authors and the journal. It helps them out when you do this.

[@bassyey]

Jumping rope is an underrated exercise for skaters. Watch some Mayweather jump rope sessions. I've been doing it for 2 years now (I'm not as fast as him, but I'm close), big improvement.

[@TheDailyPush]

Can definitely be a piece to work on endurance or that elastic piece of the equation

[@vancouverbill]

For sure, it's a form of plyrometric

[@chrhadden]

man i went from totally srious to a burst of laughter when you said skaters are lazy pieces of shit to funny

[@denisr7710]

love your videos, man. great research!

[@TheDailyPush]

Thanks! Really appreciate that!

[@romeisfallingagain]

i broke my popping foot and i have been struggling to skate properly since it "healed". thanks for the video. i will try the exercises.

[@JohnDoes620]

Where’d you break it? I broke my heel and when it healed I started using the ball of my foot more and got the pop I lost years ago back

[@romeisfallingagain]

@@JohnDoes620 basically shattered all the long bits from the main part of my foot (above the soles of my feet) to my toes . how long did it take you to get back to normal?

[@JohnDoes620]

@@romeisfallingagain damn you really broke it huh. It took months to heal to the point where extended walking didn’t bother me. I’d say closer to a year to heal to where I could skate a lot again. I’m still dealing with some after effects but I really pushed it and kept skating throughout which probably made matters worse

[@romeisfallingagain]

@@JohnDoes620 yeah, it was pretty bad. i keep getting phantom pains in one of my toes which had a metal pin inside it.

[@tristanduarte6715]

I'm a new skater (2 weeks in) and I've been practicing ollies non stop as high as a can. Just as my ollie was looking pretty legit, I strained my left hip flexor (I ride regular) from pulling my knee super high TONS of times. Not sure if I was too stiff or over compensating, but now I gotta let my hip flexor heal lol

[@GeorgeAndrewBlanc0]

a lot of exercises to try out. thank you

[@teriyakov]

Thanks for this. I've literally starting using my stairs as a plyometric box. Doing reps of jumping up and down the first 3 steps. I haven't been doing it long enough to notice much difference in my pop yet but I'm gonna stick it out for at least a month to see what difference it makes. Great content as always 👊😎🙏🙏

[@TheDailyPush]

Nice man! Love the creativity! Combine it with some other exercises and you'll deffo see improvements! Thanks for sharing 🙏

[@blove3614]

@thedailypush how should we think about using the joints/elastic bands in our bodies over the long long term? How do we keep that elasticity as we get older?

[@donmhbr7392]

Great content bro! thanks, keep them going!

[@Gideonboot]

Very informative.

[@mathildepatry]

Awesome work. Keep this. Up. See you soon bro. 🕊️

[@Amad-AshtaanMadison]

being 5 foot tall kinda gave me a disadvantage in terms of popping higher, but leg exercises definitely helped with my pop in general. popping height is relative to the skaters height. especially on flat ground ollies.

[@pi11sburydoeboy]

Wow that nollie heel at 00:14 was so gnarly!

[@zKomiii]

Nollie flip*

[@cheetorb]

Awesome info, thanks so much 🔥

[@manufacturingcontempt8415]

Incredible video. Cheers to you

[@LaCreArthur]

So good bro ! thanks for the work

[@TheDailyPush]

Cheers Arthur appreciate that 🙏🙏

[@itslikeajungle]

I think the front foot is more important: you can press down as hard as you can on the tail but nothing will happen if your front foot has weight on it. The pop can only happen when your front foot is weightless so the speed of lifting your front foot up whilst jumping, and then the pop on the tail, will determine your vertical height. The back foot then has to match the front foots height or you won't clear an obstacle. Having lean flexible legs is also a massive advantage but still needs proper technique of course.

[@NathanLin]

Omg I have wondered this for a long time.

[@camillethirifay4287]

great video Matt thanks!!!

[@TheDailyPush]

Thankssss 😊

[@JuliadelaCruzBravo]

Sssssso gooood!

[@colinwoodham784]

Great video. As a nerd I appreciate the scientific breakdown

[@modanmardaanye]

Brilliant so many specifics in exercises, getting to it now!

[@intraw831]

It’s in the hip flexors

[@vincentschena1992]

I used to apply force i have a tin of pop but now i just barely tap the tail got same results though max out at about few inches over 3 feet but stationary 😊

[@KoRnholio8]

1. It doesn't really matter if the ollie is a 1 or 2 legged movement, since switch pop is important too. So just train both legs the same. 2. Have you tried to replicate the "drop to jump" technique on a skateboard, for example dropping from a curb to a big ollie right afterwards? Or even setting up two obstacles with small spacing apart, the first one being small (or very small) and the second one being big? That should speed up you loading phase and that should translate to bigger regular snaps with normal loading times. I've seen some skaters with huge pop, but they take like two seconds to load up their pop and looks horrendous.

[@sepehrshakri3297]

The best way to learn skate

[@vancouverbill]

Can you switch Ollie the benches at parallel? Although lots of crazy tricks have been done over them over the years, especially by Rodrigo TX, they are still super high for mortals.

[@ComunaNapa]

this video is so fucking good

[@TheDailyPush]

🙏🙏🙏

[@k0lsyrA]

I wish I knew all this back in the days when I used to skate...

[@dicloniusN35]

I can jump from a squat once with difficulty and slow and then I get tired) is this how it should be?)

[@seanpavani8251]

Great stuff. A few factors are missing like. Importantly it's being on you're toes and how u hop on youre heels before u crouch . Check out Norman Woods channel and tutorials on how to ollie higher.he has insane pop . 😂

[@DarkoNomad]

Thanks, how high is your switch ollie?

[@TheDailyPush]

Not as high as my normal ollie, but certain tricks like switch heels I can pop higher than normal heels for some reason

[@426john]

Dude !!

[@BaphometicDescent]

'to increase your pop you have to actually skate' You would think,. but you can also snowboard lol. I took up skating again for an off season sport after I moved the the mountains and got into snowboarding, and if you do that after learning to ride a full camber snowboard, you might find that you have more pop than you even know what to do with until you get your skate skills back. It's starting to feel natural now but at first I was like oh shit how do I control all this pop.

[@hi_is_this_clorox_bleach]

killer video

[@SkateSka]

Antwan Dixon watching this must think "arm swing, crazy but just might work"

[@haroldcampos9661]

Noone ever talks about the front foot. Tomorrow I'm gonna start trying to slide my front foot past the bolts and into the nose. Everyone who can skate better than me seems to be doing that. (And yeah, I'm okay with skating lazy I'm not trying to levitate)

[@TheDailyPush]

Yeh man gotta slide it all the way up!

[@haroldcampos9661]

It helps if you get an extra push?!

[@Shredzilla]

4:14 lol

[@eduardomoura2813]

me that can barely stand on the skate: I see...

[@yukkwongng9945]

this fucking video cured my brain damage from Ollie!

[@a_kind_of_zawadi]

👌

[@dolphinitely_bro3944]

Stahbihidy,muhbilidy

[@matiasmorales4748]

Huge poop guaranteed 💯

[@marsbase3729]

this is great mate, but I've got to say, anyone who thinks skaters are lazy has know idea of the blood sweat and tears it takes to get to be just an average skater. in fact all the the time I put in to skating got me into shape to be better and faster at my job than most other people I've worked with over the years, lol Keep rolling mate! 🛹👍😎👍

[@maga_skater4207]

The UK Tom Asta😂

[@ianmulet82]

So many good info dude! Thanks for this awesome video!

[@TheDailyPush]

🙏🙏