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5,001 press-ups in 2020

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Little town of Greplehem Dec 2020 11:30am, 8 Dec 2020 124,118 posts	0 Little town of Greplehem Lots of talk about crossfit yet nobody seems to mention box jumps. We had a box jumps thread at one point I seem to recall. Possibly one of SPRs.
chunkywizmas Dec 2020 11:32am, 8 Dec 2020 10,674 posts	0 chunkywizmas Not sure what a box-jump is, but make sure you don't mention it to Nellers or he'll start a thread and badger everybody to do them for an hour.
TBR (TheBeardRunner) Dec 2020 11:55am, 8 Dec 2020 2,797 posts	0 TBR (TheBeardRunner) I like the sound of it . Great practice for Murph like you said.
ITGrýla 🇮🇸 Dec 2020 12:02pm, 8 Dec 2020 11,208 posts	0 ITGrýla 🇮🇸 Jumping on and off a box, CW. standard sizes are 30, 50 and 50cm but really, any strong box you have lying about will do. In summer, I can do them on my patio. You can also step up and down which is really good training too. In my case, I can jump up but step down because I try to reduce impact on my dodgy back.
Little town of Greplehem Dec 2020 1:16pm, 8 Dec 2020 124,121 posts	0 Little town of Greplehem I'm lucky - a couple of years ago my gym bought some of those soft-ish specialist boxes. Used to have to use 'step aerobics' steps before that. These sort of things: teamsports.com (very NFL - if anyone has watched Hard Knocks or even Ballers they should look familiar)
Nellers Dec 2020 1:42pm, 8 Dec 2020 37,748 posts	0 Nellers My issue with box jumps is the same as my issue with Olympic lifts: The roof of my shed is too low for me to be able to do them safely! Box jumps are a good movement for power and cardio. It'd do you good all round, TBR. Not just for Murph.
chunkywizmas Dec 2020 1:43pm, 8 Dec 2020 10,677 posts	0 chunkywizmas what's it going to do for me that pull-ups, press-ups and squats won't?
Nellers Dec 2020 1:45pm, 8 Dec 2020 37,749 posts	0 Nellers Mainly good cardio and supplementing the power in your quads so the squats won't burn and you'll be better able to get through the pull and press ups without your HR going quite as high.
chunkywizmas Dec 2020 1:47pm, 8 Dec 2020 10,679 posts	0 chunkywizmas Ok, my cardio is quite good so I'll give them a miss. Skipping is also good for cardio.
Oscar the Grinch Dec 2020 1:52pm, 8 Dec 2020 2,146 posts	0 Oscar the Grinch Skipping is not good for cardio - unless you meant skipping and not skipping