I Tested VKTRY Insoles
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- Опубліковано 7 лют 2025
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I have been trying to dunk a basketball at only 5'6" so I will take any advantage that I can find. Watch this video to see if these VKTRY insoles actually help me jump higher, and whether I recommend you try them out for yourselves.
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Had some issues but everything should be fixed now, sorry for the reupload!!
Ur legs are so thick and hairy❤❤❤
Do you know ur standing reach by chance? Just curious.
@@coreyw6438 I do not sadly but I think it’s way lower than my running vert.
(Not hating ofc). Please fix your penultimate step already. You are wasting a lot of potential because of that. Trust me or not but I think you could already dunk at this point with perfect form.
Yup that is true
I know you’re right and I’ve been trying, I’m still working at it obviously but I’m slowly getting better I think! Thank you for the feedback bro!
@@T1_Strong Personally I often just force myself to do long penultimate by finding good spot for throwing self lob. When the spot happens to be good, I am just forced to naturally do good penultimate because the distance matches.
Yeah that's the thing that stands out the most to me too. I'm not an expert by any stretch, but I was a state high jumper as a youngster, and national level of a sport nobody knows about that requires a lot of hops (Australian Rules Football).
Just in terms of biomechanics, it's hard to spring upwards without YOUR springs (legs) being coiled at least somewhat.
It's just a smaller-scale version of the amount of force a deep squat jump generates versus jumping without bending your knees.
You're very obviously intelligent, and you know your stuff in terms of biology and training. Use the same scientific approach for technique too!
You're gonna dunk really soon mate.
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☝🏻what they're saying. It will happen consistently when you perfect how you gather your feet and launch, bro.
Love the unbiased review, the side-by-side comparisons were super helpful. Nice work!
Thanks bro, I appreciate you 🦾🦾🦾
I was just about to comment about how you should alternate every other jump (for the future), but bro already did 🔥🔥💯
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Cant wait to see you dunk, keep it up!
Thank you so much bro 🦾🦾🦾
Your form is not good, u need to throw yourself as far as you can b4 u plant to jump. U got this man. I'm a week from turning 43 and I made a decision earlier 2nite I was gonna dunk again. It's been 5 years
Thanks for the feedback, we got this together 🦾🦾
Way to fix that stutter step is to count them out and always take the same amount on your approach, easier with one leg jumps though.
Thank you, will keep that in mind!
Honestly thought there would be better results for an insole whose main purpose is to jump higher
That’s fair 😂 I was very skeptical, I didn’t honestly think it’d be possible for an insole or shoe to add any height to your jump!
@@T1_Strong I ran a half-marathon recently because I'm a weirdo.... and I heard a bunch of people who actually know about running talking about the new running "supershoes". Surely basketball sneakers will go the same way VERY quickly, right?
Running "Supershoes" have carbon fibre plates embedded in ultralight hyper-responsive foam, and seem to be helping most runners shatter their personal best times.
Seems like this will be an obvious next step for basketball shoes! Or maybe it's already happened and I'm behind the times??
by using one leg, you can make ur dunk 2 inches higher. If you jump with one leg and kick the other, you will jump higher
Notice how i said
Personally I’ve tried jumping off 1 leg and I don’t jump nearly as high. There’s people who have success with both ways but for me I’m a much better 2 foot jumper.
@@T1_Strong try landing with straighter legs don’t squat every time you fall back down and your knees will get tougher from that. If you can’t handle your own landing force you will have less strength to jump off your penultimate because you’re supposed to basically jump and land and jump again super fast after stopping your sideways momentum with a penultimate and translating the momentum to upwards momentum.
Trust me, if you fix ur form i garantee youll be able to dunk, you got this bro
Thank you I’m doing my best 🦾
Get that dunk!
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Get that dunk!
Aside from fixing your penultimate step, that people already talked about (it needs to be longer), you should try to add a bit more of a curve to your run up, by adding the curve you make it easier to translate horizontal movement into vertical, as you are losing some of that momentum with your current approach
That being said, awesome improvement, and I hope you manage to dunk soon (really think you already could if you fixed your form)
Cheers from Brazil
Noted, thank you for the feedback and the kind comment! I’m doing my best to fix my form and my flexibility because I think that is what I’m really missing!
I’ve been looking for a good review for the past 3 weeks
Hopefully this is what you’ve been looking for!!
I'm so glad I came across your channel
When I was in college they had these shoes called strength shoes where the toes and ball of the foot were elevated such that the heel was off the ground. Even running the heel never touches the ground. I did my normal plyometric workouts with these. I would say I gained about 3-4” of vertical from those workouts. Not sure if those shoes still exist but I highly recommend them.
That’s wild!!! I will have to look into that!
T1 STRONG FOR SURE
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At one point the lob wasn’t necessary because you were just running up touching the rim over and over without touching the ball at all. 😆
You’re not exploding it enough, the way you swing your arms start from top to bottom then top. You need to start the swing from low then reach up. Also stop hopping into your jump, on the last step you hop for some reason
The last thrust forward to jump should be a longer distance. Your killing your momentum with the short step and bend your knees a little bit more when you jump. Thats what the other guy was saying about the penultimate step suggestion.
Yeah that makes sense for sure! I am working on the form but it is really difficult for me to get down! Thank you for the feedback bro
@T1_Strong do it at jogging speed and then go a tad fast each time. You need to jump a quarter step further in distance. Focus on jumping from further. I bet that solves the issue 1st attempt. I'm 5'9 and used to be able to dunk here and there but hang time is mainly what I had. You achieve hangtime by sorta double pumping your reach as your approaching peek height. It gives you a boost of momentum upward.
Their fake quality..it's Not worth it...snap's something..😒because of bad injuries..🤕
That’s fair and I’ve heard a lot of people say they don’t work. For me they did but not everyone has the same experience.
yo bro you got pretty far already. but i think if you really work on your jumping technique you could dunk. right now you almost hop into your jump
I’m doing my best to fix it, thank you!
Some gyms have different flooring that can make you jump higher so try a different gym, hope this helps
I’ve noticed this a lot, the gym I jumped in on the final day I jump higher compared to the other 2!
lots of input on your jumping technique in the comments. I want to help with your painful (sorry) script reading. and that's really the problem-- you're ether actively reading or reciting a few lines you memorized right before speaking them.
I work behind the camera and have found I get much better results from people in front of the camera when we use scripts more like guides or prompts. what this looks like in practice: try having a conversation with the filmer. they ask questions that lead you to responses that align with the points you cover in your script. the goal is the only glance at the script to remind yourself of the points to cover, absolutely no reading.
there will be an adjustment period where filming will take longer bc you'll need to do multiple takes to get things right. but after awhile you won't need the questions anymore, you'll film talking heads faster than you do now, and your camera presence will be lightyears better.
hope you don't take my comment the wrong way. I'm writing from a place of positivity. I think your channel has a lot of potential
Thank you very much, I will definitely work on this!! These are some great tips, feeling more natural on camera is probably the thing I want to work on most!
are the inserts good or bad? is it worth buying them?
For me I was consistently jumping slightly higher. If you’re super serious about jumping higher and you have the money I think you should give them a try. They might work they might not, but if they don’t for you then you can always return them within 90 days. I would only buy them if 1-2 inches added to your vertical would make you super happy, and realize some people actually jump lower in them. If you choose to buy them you can use my link in the description to get 20% off, but literally no pressure! Good luck with your grind either way bro!
with the vktry insoles I wouldn't recommend them for ppl who can barely jump I think the higher u can jump the more they can help with bring out that last bit of potential
That makes sense I think!
based on the lobs you can dunk fsho with more training,
Thanks bro!!
how do you say its unbiased when you literally have a promotion link in your bio
VKTRY has a referral code system, and yes they did send me the insoles but they did not pay me.
@@T1_StrongI get what they're saying; how could you claim to be unbiased when you have a cash incentive (via the referrals) to get more people to buy them. That could easily create a bias.
I do think it appears you tried to be as objective as possible in your review though...except for the suggestion that some people may see a two inch increase in their jumps.
I was able to jump more than 3.5 inches higher
That’s wild, what is your vertical if you don’t mind me asking?
You lose too much speed on your pen/block f, right before the actual jump... You should try using A LOT more speed and this will instantly fix both your penultimate and block foot steps. And by A LOT, I mean, try running not twice as faster, but at your maximum.
Thank you for the feedback, will keep it in mind!!
@@T1_Strong Sure man, you're a great inspiration, I'm on a similar program as you, so hopefully we make that real dunk soon!
@@T1_Strong But yeah, essentially, I get a bit angry because you put so much training effort, and then you just need a simple fix, which I really think is your lack of speed. GL!
bro you so close man just work on the form it’s the most important thing when trying to dunk
Thank you!!! I’m trying my best 😂
These things can't really be reviewed in an "unbiased" manner unless you have 2 pairs of the exact same shoes with fake insoles in one and the real insoles in the other and you don't know which is which
The insoles feel so different in the shoe. It would be way too easy to tell but I like the idea!
why are you jumping way lower than the end of you 60 day challenge? Did you not do anything for 3 months? 😭
To be completely honest I didn’t do quite as much for a while because I didn’t have access to a gym. Even so, this was definitely an off day and I wasn’t jumping as high as usual.
As of now I’m back to training hard and following my program so I’ll get back to where I was in no time!
@@T1_Strong Cant wait to see you get your first dunk, I myself am 5’5 and can only barely touch the rim
Thanks bro, you could totally get there if you wanted to!! Touching the rim at all at that height is very impressive in itself 🦾
get some strength shoes or jump soles
Keep up the trying. Need to learn how to carry speed into your jump.
Thank you!
Dude can you give name of the song(s) in this video?
Dont hop into the last 2 steps
Thank you, I’m really really trying to work on it even though it doesn’t show 😂
I still think ur jumping a bit too far from the hoop but keep going it will happen
Thank you, I think you’re definitely right!
How tall are you
Almost 5’7!
DOOD FOR MOTHS AND YOU STILL CANT DUNK?
lol I took a little bit of a break but I’m back on the grind now and should be dunking very soon!!
no bounce
You right 😂 to be fair this was after a long break, I’m jumping wayyy higher now
has anyone tried these while jump roping?
Unbiased review, but also sponsored? 🤨
They sent me the product but they did not pay me to give them a good review.
How can you possibly get cranky about this? He very clearly stated all potential bias or lack thereof.
He gave more transparent disclosure than any of us are used to.... and you still make a snarky comment?
He didn't get paid, but they sent them to him for no cost. What else could you possibly want him to say/do to satisfy your scepticism? 😅😅
Your boy can’t throw lobs