Have you ever wanted to increase your jumps or your box jump height but are unsure about how to go about it? The natural thing to think is that maybe you should just continue to do or add box jumps in your workout routine and eventually you will get better at them and move up?
This is great as you will most certainly improve your form and technique with practice, so while this can work over the long term, there are also other additional ways to go about it. One way to do is to pair a heavy compound exercise with some jumps.
Here is a basic workout, or group of exercises that you can add into your leg workout:
Superset 1:
- Heavy Squats (Heavy, but do not compromise form) | 4 sets or between 8 and 6 reps.
- Box jumps. At a comfortable height. Don’t try to go too high when doing this, especially not when starting out. Perform between 5 – 10 reps for each set.
Superset 2:
- Heavy leg press (Again, do not compromise form and control!) | 4 sets or between 8 and 6 reps.
- Box jumps. At a comfortable height. Don’t try to go too high when doing this, especially not when starting out. Perform between 5 – 10 reps for each set.
After a few months of implementing this sort of workout into your routine, you should see some improvement in your box jumps when training them on their own.