In addition to building lower - body strength, the single -
leg nature of the exercise helps improve balance and increase flexibility and stability in the hips.
Not exact matches
But, due to the
nature of the
exercise hip and
leg muscles are also engaged, particularly in the beginning
of the movement.
Put differently: Push / pull /
legs routines such as this one allow you to utilize the big compound
exercises during each workout session (good for overall strength); but it also gives you the ability to «specialize» to a certain extent due to the
nature of the split (good for muscle building — you can dedicate full sessions to upper body pushing muscles, upper body pulling muscles as well as
legs).
The explosive and powerful
nature of jumping
exercises works your
leg muscles in an entirely different way than most normal slow grinding strength training moves.