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Stride Jump Crossover
Stride Jump Crossover is a beginner plyometrics exercise. It works the quadriceps, with help from the abductors, adductors, calves and hamstrings.
beginnerotherpush movementcompoundplyometrics
- Main muscles
- quadriceps
- Also works
- abductors, adductors, calves, hamstrings
How to do it
- Stand to the side of a box with your inside foot on top of it, close to the edge.
- 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.
- Land in the opposite position that you started, on the opposite side of the box. The foot that was initially on the box will now be on the ground, with the opposite foot now on the box.
- Repeat the movement, crossing back over to the other side.
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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).