Reduce Impact in Jumping Exercises With Suspension Trainers
Plyometrics , or jumping training, can help you develop strength in jumping and sprint sports, but it also puts stress on your knees. Make them lower by holding in suspension machines (like TRX straps), which will soften repetitive impacts to your joints and still allow you to enjoy the benefits of jumping training.
Muscle rings also work here. When installing, make sure the handles hang down at shoulder level. This is what these exercises look like:
Split Squat with a Raised Rear Foot Raised
You start with one foot on the bench behind you. Holding onto the straps, practice jumping with one leg and landing as softly as possible. Repetition.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pjKdG0pnpaE
Supported Alternating Split Squats
Holding onto the straps, lunge and jump off your front leg. In the air, switch to the other leg by moving the leg from which you jumped back and the other forward. Continue doing split squat jumps in the same way.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ID-nUy7zuY
Assisted Jump Squats
Holding onto the straps, sit down and jump. Land as softly as possible, then sit down and jump again.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3S15JvZMxm8
Since most of your weight will be transferred to harness machines and rings, they usually make the movements easier and keep your joints free of repetitive landing force. With this extra balancing aid, you can actually increase the speed and pace of your jumps to make them harder.
Assistant Jump Options | Ben Bruno