Legs · Bodyweight · Compound · Intermediate
Freehand Jump Squat
PrimarySecondary
- Main muscles
- Quads
- Also working
- Calves, Glutes, Hamstrings
How to do it
- Cross your arms over your chest.
- With your head up and your back straight, position your feet at shoulder width.
- Keeping your back straight and chest up, squat down as you inhale until your upper thighs are parallel, or lower, to the floor.
- Now pressing mainly with the ball of your feet, jump straight up in the air as high as possible, using the thighs like springs. Exhale during this portion of the movement.
- When you touch the floor again, immediately squat down and jump again.
Swaps on other equipment
Each has the quads as its main muscle and is also a push, on a different piece of equipment.
Other quad exercises
- Elliptical Trainer · Machine
- Fast Skipping · Bodyweight
- Frankenstein Squat · Barbell
- Frog Hops · Bodyweight
- Front Barbell Squat · Barbell
- Front Barbell Squat To A Bench · Barbell
Steps and photos from the public-domain Free Exercise DB, not individually reviewed. How this site is put together · Report a mistake