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Knee Tuck Jump

How to do the Knee Tuck Jump with correct form, the muscles it works, and where it fits a training plan you actually stick to.

CompoundBody OnlyBeginnerPush
Primary muscles

Hamstrings

Secondary

Abductors, Adductors, Calves, Glutes, Quads

Equipment

Body Only

Step by step

How to do the Knee Tuck Jump

  1. 1

    Begin in a comfortable standing position with your knees slightly bent. Hold your hands in front of you, palms down with your fingertips together at chest height. This will be your starting position.

  2. 2

    Rapidly dip down into a quarter squat and immediately explode upward. Drive the knees towards the chest, attempting to touch them to the palms of the hands.

  3. 3

    Jump as high as you can, raising your knees up, and then ensure a good land be re-extending your legs, absorbing impact through be allowing the knees to rebend.

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Log it, see it on your body.

Every Knee Tuck Jump set you log feeds Ascend's anatomy heatmap — so your hamstrings volume is visible at a glance — and counts toward your bodyweight-strength tier.

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