Hurdle Hops

What it is

This plyometric exercise involves rhythmically jumping over a series of small barriers. It primarily targets your hamstrings, engaging your glutes, calves, and abductors for explosive power. You will improve your agility, coordination, and lower body strength.

Technique tips

• Set up your barriers a consistent distance apart.
• Absorb each landing softly by bending your knees.
• Propel yourself upwards and forwards with your arms.
• Keep your torso upright and gaze forward.
• Focus on minimizing your ground contact time.
• Push off equally from both feet simultaneously.

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.