How to Do the Lateral Box Jump
💪 Adductors, Abductors, Calves, Glutes, Hamstrings, Quadriceps🏋️ Other📊 Beginner🏷️ Plyometrics
How to perform it
- Assume a comfortable standing position, with a short box positioned next to you. This will be your starting position.
- Quickly dip into a quarter squat to initiate the stretch reflex, and immediately reverse direction to jump up and to the side.
- Bring your knees high enough to ensure your feet have good clearance over the box.
- Land on the center of the box, using your legs to absorb the impact.
- Carefully jump down to the other side of the box, and continue going back and forth for several repetitions.
Muscles worked
The Lateral Box Jump primarily targets your Adductors, with support from your Abductors, Calves, Glutes, Hamstrings, Quadriceps. You'll need other.
Make it count toward your goal
Random sets rarely move the needle. In NYUS, the Lateral Box Jump slots into a plan built for your goal — sets, reps and progression auto-suggested, logged in two taps, and folded into a weekly review that adapts what comes next.