Jump Squat

Target Area: Lower Body 

Equipment: Not required

  1. Position your feet at shoulder width. 
  2. While keeping your back straight and chest up, squat down so your upper thighs are parallel or lower to the floor. 
  3. Pressing mainly with the balls of your feet, jump straight up in the air as high as possible. 
  4. When you touch the floor again, immediately squat down and jump again. Perform for the number of prescribed repetitions

INTENSITY

Increase

You can perform this exercise wearing a weight vest. You can also increase the intensity by increasing the speed of this exercise. Try and perform as many as possible in 60 seconds, then re-test your fitness the following week.

Decrease

Slow down the movement.

ALTERNATIVE

Box Jump

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