Legs · Bodyweight · Compound · Beginner
Fast Skipping
PrimarySecondary
- Main muscles
- Quads
- Also working
- 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.
Swaps on other equipment
Each has the quads as its main muscle and is also a push, on a different piece of equipment.
Other quad exercises
- Dumbbell Step Ups · Dumbbell
- Elevated Back Lunge · Barbell
- Elliptical Trainer · Machine
- Frankenstein Squat · Barbell
- Freehand Jump Squat · Bodyweight
- Frog Hops · Bodyweight
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