Hamstring exercises

Knee Tuck Jump

Also known as: Sauts genoux-poitrine · Άλματα με γόνατα στο στήθος · tuck jump

Primary
Hamstrings
Equipment
Bodyweight
Level
Beginner
Type
Compound
Force
Push
Suggested rest
1 min

How to do the Knee Tuck Jump

  1. Begin in a comfortable standing position with your knees slightly bent. Hold your hands in front of you, palms down with your fingertips together at chest height. This will be your starting position.

  2. Rapidly dip down into a quarter squat and immediately explode upward. Drive the knees towards the chest, attempting to touch them to the palms of the hands.

  3. Jump as high as you can, raising your knees up, and then ensure a good land be re-extending your legs, absorbing impact through be allowing the knees to rebend.

Sets and reps

GoalSetsRepsRest
Muscle growth3–46–151 min
Muscular endurance2–315–201 min

When you hit the top of the rep range on every set, add a rep or a harder variation next session.

Starting points from training research. Stop each set 1–3 reps short of failure.

Muscles worked

Primary

Hamstrings

Secondary

Abductors, Adductors, Calves, Glutes, Quads

The hamstrings bend the knee and extend the hip, so train both: hinges like Romanian deadlifts and leg curls.

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