Exercise Lab

Tuck Jump

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Equipment

  • No Equipment Needed

Muscle Groups

  • Abs & Core
  • Full Body
  • Hips & Buttocks
  • Legs

Purposes

  • Leg power
  • Abdominal power
  • Hip power

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Description

  • Stand with your feet directly underneath you.
  • Jump up as high as you can, throwing your arms up.
  • While in the air, quickly tuck your legs into your hips.
  • Before landing quickly extend your legs down to absorb the landing.
  • Keep your chest up and maintain good posture throughout.

ProTip

  • Explosively swinging your arms up helps with jump height

Mistakes

  • Not pulling the knees up
  • Not keeping the feet under the hips
  • Not bending the legs to absorb the landing
  • Not tucking the knees up
  • Not getting the feet to tuck underneath the hips