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Knee Tuck Jump
Knee Tuck Jump is a beginner plyometrics exercise using body only. It works the hamstrings, with help from the abductors, adductors, calves, glutes and quadriceps.
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- Main muscles
- hamstrings
- Also works
- abductors, adductors, calves, glutes, quadriceps
How to do it
- Begin in a comfortable standing position with your knees slightly bent. Hold your hands in front of you, palms down with your fingertips together at chest height. This will be your starting position.
- Rapidly dip down into a quarter squat and immediately explode upward. Drive the knees towards the chest, attempting to touch them to the palms of the hands.
- Jump as high as you can, raising your knees up, and then ensure a good land be re-extending your legs, absorbing impact through be allowing the knees to rebend.
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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).