Technique
- Take a long step back and squat on your front leg.
- Bring your back leg in explosively, driving that knee upward to generate momentum and jump off the ground.
- While landing, directly bring your leg back again and repeat, then work the other side as well.
Logging: Repetitions done on one side.
Muscles
Strength
Primary
- Glutes
- Hamstrings
- Quadriceps
Secondary
- Hip adductors
- Pelvis
- Legs
Individual muscles
Individual muscles
- Gluteus maximus
- Semitendinosus
- Semimembranosus
- Biceps femoris (long)
- Rectus femoris
- Vastus medialis
- Vastus intermedius
- Vastus lateralis
- Flexor digitorum brevis
- Flexor digitorum longus
- Flexor hallucis longus
- Flexor hallucis brevis
- Iliacus
- Psoas major
- Gastrocnemius
- Soleus
Equipment
Appears in
Cardio
Joint movements
Regressions
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