Exercise library
Single Leg Push-off

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Single Leg Push-off

How to perform

  1. 01Stand on the ground with one foot resting on the box, heel close to the edge.
  2. 02Push off with your foot on top of the box, trying to gain as much height as possible by extending through the hip and knee.
  3. 03Land with the same foot on top of the box, returning your other foot back to the start position.

Form cues

  • Brace your core before the first rep and keep it braced.
  • Drive through the full range — do not cut the lockout short.
  • Control the lowering phase — that is where most of the growth stimulus lives.

Common mistakes

  • Using momentum instead of the target muscle.
  • Cutting the range of motion short to add load.
  • Adding weight before the movement pattern is clean.

Muscle group

Quadriceps · Calves, Hamstrings

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