Not exact matches
Box Jumps are a plyometric exercise that have the advantage of reducing the
impact of landing.
It's much like
jumping on a
box in that we land «high» every time, allowing us to reduce knee
impact.
Start with three or four sets of 10 to 20
box jumps three to four times a week, or just add them to your regular high - intensity
impact training (HIIT) workouts.
It is very important to note, that when you
jump onto a
box you don't
jump back down because then you did not take out the
impact!
The
box jump offers one benefit, that many other plyometric drills don't offer, which is that they take out the
impact of landing or better reduce the
impact.
If you really want to reduce the
impact, you need to
jump onto the
box and step down for the next repetition.
After that, we progress to plyometric exercises low
impact, an example could be mini-hurdle
jumps or
box jumps (
box jumps take out the
impact of landing)