Jump To Enhance Your Leg Power And Balance

In the video below I am going to show you 2 advanced single leg exercises that can help you improve your lower body power.

In addition, these two exercises will help you absorb your landings better by improving your landing mechanics and also help protect you from knee injuries.

They will also help improve your balance because you have to stabilize on each landing before starting the next repetition.

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Note: These are more advanced exercises. Before you start trying these, make sure you are competent with more basic single leg exercises like rear foot elevated split squats and also 2 foot jumping exercises like squat jumps.

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1. TRX Single Leg Jump

If you don’t have a suspension trainer, then you can also do this exercise by having your rear foot elevated on a bench.

Use your arms to help with the jump by swinging them in an athletic way.

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2. Bodyweight Single Leg Jump

Make sure you keep your chest up, core braced and back straight (don’t hunch over).

Do 6-10 reps of either of the exercises.

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If you are already in a good training routine, and have built up some single leg strength, then have a go at incorporating these exercises into your workouts.

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