Intermediate exercise

Single Leg Push-off

  • Power
  • Plyometrics

Technique

How to perform Single Leg Push-off

  1. Stand facing a stable plyo box with your right foot planted on top and your left foot on the ground.
  2. Bend slightly through the hips and knees to prepare, keeping the raised foot supported on the box.
  3. Drive mainly through the right foot and extend the hip, knee and ankle to jump upward, allowing the floor foot and arm swing to assist.
  4. Return the right foot to the box and the left foot to the floor, bending through the landing.
  5. Regain the starting position between repetitions, then change which foot is on the box.

Programming relevance

Muscles involved

MuscleScoreRole
Soleus0.6Mover
Gluteus Medius0.5Stabilizer