Scissors Jump

Scissors Jump is a compound plyometrics exercise using body only that trains the quadriceps.

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Primary muscles: Quadriceps

Secondary muscles: Glutes, Hamstrings

How to do it

1. Assume a lunge stance position with one foot forward with the knee bent, and the rear knee nearly touching the ground.
2. Ensure that the front knee is over the midline of the foot. Extending through both legs, jump as high as possible, swinging your arms to gain lift.
3. As you jump as high as you can, switch the position of your legs, moving your front leg to the back and the rear leg to the front.
4. As you land, absorb the impact through the legs by adopting the lunge position, and repeat.

Track it with MyoAmigo

MyoAmigo pre-fills every set of the Scissors Jump from last time, charts your estimated 1RM trend so you can see strength move without testing a true max, and flags a stall with a concrete fix. It also credits this work toward your weekly Quadriceps volume on the MyoMap heatmap. New to the movement? Start with picking a working weight and progressive overload.

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