Fast Skipping
- Main muscles
- Quads
- Also works
- Abductors, Adductors, Calves, Glutes, Hamstrings
- Equipment
- Bodyweight
- Level
- Beginner
- Type
- Compound · Push
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.
Quick answers
- What muscles does the Fast Skipping work?
- Mainly the quads, with help from the abductors, adductors, calves, glutes, hamstrings.
- What equipment do I need?
- Nothing but your bodyweight.
- Is it good for beginners?
- Yes, it is rated beginner level.
- How do I track progress on it?
- Log each set and beat the weight or reps from last time. Liftrung shows your last set beside the next one and estimates your one-rep max from your sets.
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Exercise descriptions: free-exercise-db, public domain.