Exercises / Upper legs / Dumbbell Plyo Squat
Dumbbell Plyo Squat
Dumbbell Plyo Squat: step-by-step technique, the muscles it works and a demo clip. Equipment: dumbbell.
- Equipmentdumbbell
- Body partupper legs
- Primary muscles
- glutes, quadriceps
- Secondary muscles
- hamstrings, calves
How to do it
- Stand with your feet shoulder-width apart, holding a dumbbell in each hand at your sides.
- Lower your body into a squat position by bending your knees and pushing your hips back.
- As you reach the bottom of the squat, explode upward, jumping off the ground.
- While in the air, quickly switch the position of your feet, landing with your opposite foot forward.
- Immediately lower your body back into a squat position and repeat the jump, switching your feet again.
- Continue alternating the position of your feet with each jump for the desired number of repetitions.