Exercise library / Legs
Box jump
Legs · Bodyweight
Sets, reps and RIR
Sets3 to 5
Reps6 to 15
RIR1 to 2
Load is fixed, so progress by adding reps first, then by slowing the lowering phase, then by adding weight.
RIR means reps in reserve: how many you could still have done when you racked it. RIR 2 is two short of failure.
Muscles worked
Primary: Quads, Glutes.
Secondary: Calves.
What it is called elsewhere
- Norwegian Kassehopp
- Swedish Boxhopp
- Danish Box jump
- German Box Jumps
- Spanish Salto al cajón
- Italian Box jump
- Portuguese Salto na caixa
- Russian Запрыгивания на тумбу
- French Saut sur box
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