Legs · Bodyweight · Compound · Beginner
Scissors Jump
PrimarySecondary
- Main muscles
- Quads
- Also working
- Glutes, Hamstrings
How to do it
- Assume a lunge stance position with one foot forward with the knee bent, and the rear knee nearly touching the ground.
- Ensure that the front knee is over the midline of the foot. Extending through both legs, jump as high as possible, swinging your arms to gain lift.
- As you jump as high as you can, switch the position of your legs, moving your front leg to the back and the rear leg to the front.
- As you land, absorb the impact through the legs by adopting the lunge position, and repeat.
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
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- Sandbag Load · Other
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- Side Standing Long Jump · Bodyweight
- Side to Side Box Shuffle · Other
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