Breaking Down the Box Jump The box jump is arguably the most bastardized exercise on the internet today. There are a lot of misunderstandings about the purpose, goal and value of the box jump. Our goal with this post is to clear some of these up. What is a box jump? Although it is a demonstration of power, that is not our primary focus of training in this exercise. What we are training is landing. The goal is to teach someone how to eccentrically control their body weight onto an elevated surfac