How to Do the Side Standing Long Jump
💪 Quadriceps, Calves, Glutes, Hamstrings🏋️ Bodyweight📊 Beginner🏷️ Plyometrics
How to perform it
- Begin standing with your feet hip width apart in an athletic stance. Your head and chest should be up, knees and hips slightly bent. This will be your starting position.
- Leaning to your right, extend through your hips, knees, and ankles to jump into the air. Block with the arms to lead the movement, jumping as far to your right as you can.
- Land facing the same direction with your feet hip width apart, absorbing the impact through your lower body.
Muscles worked
The Side Standing Long Jump primarily targets your Quadriceps, with support from your Calves, Glutes, Hamstrings. No equipment needed — train it anywhere.
Make it count toward your goal
Random sets rarely move the needle. In NYUS, the Side Standing Long 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.