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Also known as: One-leg deadlift hop.

Technique

  1. Stand on one leg and bend at the hips to lean forward until your torso becomes parallel to the ground, with your other leg extended to the back.
  2. Come back to a vertical position and bring the back leg forward with the knee up in an explosive manner to jump off the ground.
Logging: Repetitions done on one side.

Muscles

Strength

Primary

  • Glutes
  • Hamstrings

Secondary

  • Hip adductors
  • Spine
  • Legs
  • Pelvis
  • Quadriceps
  • Gluteus maximus
  • Semitendinosus
  • Semimembranosus
  • Biceps femoris (long)
  • Spinalis thoracis
  • Longissimus thoracis
  • Iliocostalis
  • Flexor digitorum brevis
  • Flexor digitorum longus
  • Flexor hallucis longus
  • Flexor hallucis brevis
  • Iliacus
  • Rectus femoris
  • Psoas major
  • Gastrocnemius
  • Soleus

Equipment

Appears in

Regressions

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High knees

Novice
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One-leg hinge

Novice
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Flying knee lunge

Novice
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Jumping lunge

Novice
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Jumping bulgarian split squat

Novice
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Jumping pistol squat

Advanced
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Scissor jump

Novice
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