Plyometric move with a little weight!

So as most of you know I've been doing CrossFit for a year now and love the results! We do incorporate plyometrics along with gymnastics, endurance and olympic lifting. One of the moves that I use a lot with my one on one personal training clients is jumping lunges and jump squats. This is an incredible explosive movement that will surely lift up your backside! Start without weight then progress with dumbbells.

Start with a lunge (no jumping), then add a squat as a precursor to the jump. Tack on another jump every time you repeat the sequence, until you get to 10 jumps. Then start over at one and do it again. Push hard for five to ten minutes, but rest and get back into the workout when your ready. (Basically lunge, then feet shoulder width apart squat then jump and land in another squat, stand up then lunge forward on opposite leg and repeat sequence.)

Once you feel secure with your stance and landing add some weight. A jump squat with dumbbells is highly metabolic! Once you do these you'll hate them but love them too. When you have that feeling about an exercise or movement you know it works!!