How to Do Knee Tuck Jump
Step-by-step instructions, muscles worked and workouts that use the knee tuck jump.
| Main muscles | Hamstrings |
| Also works | Abductors, Adductors, Calves, Glutes, Quads |
| Equipment | Body Only |
| Level | Beginner |
| Type | Plyometrics |
How to do it
- 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.
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).
Workouts with this exercise
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