Front Cone Hops (or hurdle hops)

What it is

This movement involves performing quick, successive jumps over a series of low obstacles. It primarily targets your quadriceps, the large muscles on the front of your thighs. You will also engage your glutes, hamstrings, calves, abductors, and adductors for stability and explosive power. This exercise enhances your coordination and reactive strength.

Technique tips

• Land softly, absorbing impact through bent knees and hips.
• Use your arms to generate upward momentum for each jump.
• Keep your gaze steady and forward throughout the movement.
• Immediately rebound off the ground to maintain continuous flow.
• Focus on controlled, explosive pushes off the balls of your feet.

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.