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workouts<br />
DEPTH JUMPS<br />
Muscles worked – Legs and Glutes<br />
Benefit – Increase vertical jump<br />
Stand on top of a raised platform or box. Slightly bend the knees and leap forward and off the<br />
platform. When landing ensure you bend your knees and land as softly as possible.<br />
BOX JUMPS<br />
Muscles worked – Legs and Glutes<br />
Benefit – Improve reaction of fast twitch fibres throughout the body<br />
Stand facing a raised platform in a squat stance. Bend the knees until thighs are parallel with the<br />
floor and swing the arms back and behind the body. Then, as you start to straighten the legs by<br />
exploding upwards and off the floor, use the arms to propel yourself up and forward and land on the<br />
raised platform with bent legs.<br />
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