Box Skip

What it is

This dynamic, plyometric movement builds explosive power and lower body strength. It primarily engages your hamstrings, while also working your quadriceps, glutes, calves, abductors, and adductors. You will perform a series of powerful leaps, focusing on gaining height and distance over an obstacle.

Technique tips

• Focus on driving vertically from your lead leg.
• Use your arms to generate momentum for each leap.
• Land softly, absorbing impact through your knees and hips.
• Maintain an upright and athletic posture throughout.
• Explode off the box immediately after your landing.
• Drive hips upward to maximize leap height and distance.

How to track your progress

Log the weight and reps of each set. Straddly turns every set into an estimated one-rep max, so a heavier single and a strong set of eight both count as progress, and it flags a personal record the moment you beat your best.