How to Do Box Skip
Step-by-step instructions, muscles worked and workouts that use the box skip.
| Main muscles | Hamstrings |
| Also works | Abductors, Adductors, Calves, Glutes, Quads |
| Equipment | Other |
| Level | Beginner |
| Type | Plyometrics |
How to do it
- You will need several boxes lined up about 8 feet apart.
- Begin facing the first box with one leg slightly behind the other.
- Drive off the back leg, attempting to gain as much height with the hips as possible.
- Immediately upon landing on the box, drive the other leg forward and upward to gain height and distance, leaping from the box. Land between the first two boxes with the same leg that landed on the first box.
- Then, step to the next box and repeat.
Form tips
- Start light and own the movement before adding weight.
- Control the lowering phase — don't drop into it.
- Keep breathing; exhale on the hardest part.
- Stop if you feel sharp pain (different from muscle burn).
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