Single Leg Box Jumps

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Best Use For Improving Vertical Jump

Single Leg Box Jumps are a good low impact exercise for improving your ability to apply force quickly due to the way it is performed from a dead stop position.

Technique Tips

Take a brief pause before each rep, relax, and then as quickly as possible gather all your power and explode up off the jumping leg. Try and land softly. Start off using a low box and progressively add height as you get better.

Alternative Exercises

Some good alternatives to Single Leg Box Jumps are

Single Leg Box Jumps with a weight vest

Seated Single Leg Jumps

Single Leg Paused Frog Jumps