Legs
jumping-jacks
Stand tall with feet together and arms at your sides, core engaged. In one fluid motion, jump your feet out wider than shoulder-width apart while simultaneously raising your arms out to the sides and overhead.
- Equipment
- No Equipment
- Difficulty
- Beginner
- Focus Area
- Legs
- Injury risk
- Low
Primary muscles
- Quadriceps
- Gastrocnemius
- Soleus
- Deltoids
Secondary muscles
- Hamstrings
- Gluteus maximus
- Rectus abdominis
- Obliques
- Erector spinae
Target muscles
- legs
- shoulder
- abs
How to perform
- 1
Stand tall with feet together and arms at your sides, core engaged.
- 2
In one fluid motion, jump your feet out wider than shoulder-width apart while simultaneously raising your arms out to the sides and overhead.
- 3
Land softly on the balls of your feet with a slight bend in your knees.
- 4
Immediately reverse the motion, jumping your feet back together and lowering your arms to your sides.
- 5
Maintain a controlled rhythm and keep your core tight throughout the movement.
Safety & form
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