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Also known as: Jumping box side step, Lateral step up.

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Technique

  1. Stand beside an elevated support, such as a Plyo Box.
  2. Step on it and push yourself up explosively, towards the other side of the box.
  3. Land on the other side of the box. The leg that you pushed from is now on the ground beside the box, and the other leg is on the box.
  4. Keep repeating and switching sides with each jump.
Logging: Alternate sides continuously.

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Muscles

Strength

Primary

  • Glutes
  • Hamstrings
  • Quadriceps

Secondary

  • Hip adductors
  • Pelvis
  • Legs
  • Gluteus maximus
  • Semitendinosus
  • Semimembranosus
  • Biceps femoris (long)
  • Rectus femoris
  • Vastus medialis
  • Vastus intermedius
  • Vastus lateralis

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Equipment

Plyo Box
Plyo Box
Chair
Chair
Bench
Bench

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Appears in

Joint movements
Kneeextension
Hipextension
trains stretches
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Jumping step-up

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Jumping bulgarian split squat

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Jumping lunge

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Single-leg box jump

Intermediate
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Scissor jump

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