Floor Jump Squats

Jump feet back to come into a high plank and pause.

Floor jump squats.

Refer to the illustration and instructions above for how to perform this exercise correctly. Squat as low as you can. How to do a floor tap squat. The optimal load for jump squats is 20 30 of your maximum full back squat as this is where power production is.

You can use a piece of furniture for balance. Land on the box squat and jump back down on the floor. Stretch your hands in the front too. Squat and place hands on floor making sure hands are between feet not outside them.

To that end the number one jump squat mistake people make is going too heavy. Stretch one leg out in the front. 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. The floor tap squat adds a cardio element to squats which are typically considered just a strength training move.

To do a floor tap squat start in an upright position. It can be done on its own or as a movement as part of an interval training workout. 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. Single leg jump squats.

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.