Hominin · exercise
Fast Skipping
Fast Skipping is a beginner plyometrics exercise using body only. It works the quadriceps, with help from the abductors, adductors, calves, glutes and hamstrings.
beginnerbody onlypush movementcompoundplyometrics
- Main muscles
- quadriceps
- Also works
- abductors, adductors, calves, glutes, hamstrings
How to do it
- Start in a relaxed position with one leg slightly forward. This will be your starting position.
- Skip by executing a step-hop pattern of right-right-step to left-left-step, and so on, alternating back and forth.
- Perform fast skips by maintaining close contact with the ground and reduce air time, moving as quickly as possible.
Watch a form tutorial on YouTube · Search Hominin for it
Similar exercises
- Double Leg Butt Kick · body only, beginner
- Rocket Jump · body only, beginner
- Scissors Jump · body only, beginner
- Single Leg Butt Kick · body only, beginner
- Split Jump · body only, beginner
- Standing Long Jump · body only, beginner
- Star Jump · body only, beginner
- Bench Jump · body only, intermediate
General information, not medical advice: start light, learn the movement before adding weight, and ask a qualified coach or doctor if you are injured or unsure. Exercise data from the Free Exercise DB (public domain).