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Side to Side Box Shuffle

How to do the Side to Side Box Shuffle with correct form, the muscles it works, and where it fits a training plan you actually stick to.

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Primary muscles

Quads

Secondary

Abductors, Adductors, Calves, Hamstrings

Equipment

Other

Step by step

How to do the Side to Side Box Shuffle

  1. 1

    Stand to one side of the box with your left foot resting on the middle of it.

  2. 2

    To begin, jump up and over to the other side of the box, landing with your right foot on top of the box and your left foot on the floor. Swing your arms to aid your movement.

  3. 3

    Continue shuffling back and forth across the box.

In Ascend

Log it, see it on your body.

Every Side to Side Box Shuffle set you log feeds Ascend's anatomy heatmap — so your quads volume is visible at a glance — and counts toward your bodyweight-strength tier.

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