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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.

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Main muscles
quadriceps
Also works
abductors, adductors, calves, glutes, hamstrings

How to do it

  1. Start in a relaxed position with one leg slightly forward. This will be your starting position.
  2. Skip by executing a step-hop pattern of right-right-step to left-left-step, and so on, alternating back and forth.
  3. Perform fast skips by maintaining close contact with the ground and reduce air time, moving as quickly as possible.

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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).

Fast Skipping: muscles worked and how to do it | Hominin