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Front Cone Hops (or hurdle hops)

Front Cone Hops (or hurdle hops) is a beginner plyometrics exercise. It works the quadriceps, with help from the abductors, adductors, calves, glutes and hamstrings.

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Main muscles
quadriceps
Also works
abductors, adductors, calves, glutes, hamstrings

How to do it

  1. Set up a row of cones or other small barriers, placing them a few feet apart.
  2. Stand in front of the first cone with your feet shoulder width apart. This will be your starting position.
  3. Begin by jumping with both feet over the first cone, swinging both arms as you jump.
  4. Absorb the impact of landing by bending the knees, rebounding out of the first leap by jumping over the next cone.
  5. Continue until you have jumped over all of the cones.

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General information, not medical advice: start light, learn the movement before adding weight, and ask a qualified coach or doctor if you are injured or unsure. Exercise data from the Free Exercise DB (public domain).

Front Cone Hops (or hurdle hops): muscles worked and how to do it | Hominin