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Single-Leg Stride Jump

Single-Leg Stride Jump is a beginner plyometrics exercise. It works the quadriceps, with help from the abductors, adductors, calves and hamstrings.

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

How to do it

  1. Stand to the side of a box with your inside foot on top of it, close to the edge.
  2. Begin by swinging the arms upward as you push through the top leg, jumping upward as high as possible. Attempt to drive the opposite knee upward.
  3. Land in the same position that you started, using your inside leg to decelerate the impact.

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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).

Single-Leg Stride Jump: muscles worked and how to do it | Hominin