- Primary muscles
- Hamstrings
- Secondary muscles
- Abductors, Adductors, Calves, Glutes, Quadriceps
- Equipment
- Bodyweight
- Difficulty
- Beginner
- Category
- Plyometrics
- Mechanic
- Compound
- Force
- Push
Movement notes
- Begin in a comfortable standing position with your knees slightly bent. Hold your hands in front of you, palms down with your fingertips together at chest height. This will be your starting position.
- Rapidly dip down into a quarter squat and immediately explode upward. Drive the knees towards the chest, attempting to touch them to the palms of the hands.
- Jump as high as you can, raising your knees up, and then ensure a good land be re-extending your legs, absorbing impact through be allowing the knees to rebend.
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