What’s a decent vertical for a middle aged man?

I’ve wondered this too. I’m almost 40. 21”-24” recently.

I’m 41 and about 6’ tall (white). I have no idea what my vertical is but feel good that I can still easily flex the rim when adrenaline is flowing in between basketball games.

I’m guessing there would be a significant difference between doing a vertical test without adrenaline/warm up versus with it. Maybe even up to 5 inches difference.

Perhaps.

But I woke up with sore hamstrings today. From jumping three times.

I'll need to add in some box jumps eventually myself

I'm sure I'll be extremely sore the next day

I always thought BK was a 20 something incel.

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I train 5-7 days / week and can hit 30" plyos routinely, but like I said, not sure how that applies to a true vertical test.

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Box jumps are way different. You can bend your knees and jump at an angle or do whatever necessary to get on the box.

A vertical is jumping straight up and measuring your ability to move your center of mass in a single movement.

Best way to measure it at home would be to stand against a wall and stretch your arm up against it. Have someone mark at your fingertip. Then jump with a piece of double sided tape on your middle finger and press it as high as you can on the wall. Distance between your marked spot and the tape is your vertical.