Floor Jump Squats

The floor tap squat adds a cardio element to squats which are typically considered just a strength training move.

Floor jump squats.

You can use a piece of furniture for balance. Stand with feet together and knees slightly bent. Refer to the illustration and instructions above for how to perform this exercise correctly. While looking forward and tilting the head back slightly hop feet out and touch hands to the ground.

The squat is a very functional exercise which means it trains a movement pattern that you use in everyday life you should be squatting when you try to lift something heavy off the floor. Stretch one leg out in the front. The optimal load for jump squats is 20 30 of your maximum full back squat as this is where power production is. Jump feet back to come into a high plank and pause.

To that end the number one jump squat mistake people make is going too heavy. The goal with jump squats isn t to see how much weight you can leave the floor with but rather how much violence you can transfer to a moderate load. Squat and place hands on floor making sure hands are between feet not outside them. How to do a floor tap squat.

Floor power jumps knee to jump squats is a gym work out exercise that targets glutes hip flexors and quadriceps and also involves calves and hamstrings. Stretch your hands in the front too. It can be done on its own or as a movement as part of an interval training workout. To do a floor tap squat start in an upright position.

Land on the box squat and jump back down on the floor.