How to do a Jumping Jacks
- Stand tall with feet together and arms relaxed at your sides.
- Jump both feet out wide while sweeping your arms out and overhead.
- Jump the feet back together as the arms return to your sides.
- Keep a soft bend in the knees and land quietly on the balls of your feet.
- Repeat in a steady, bouncy rhythm.
Keep in mind
- Land on the balls of your feet and stay springy.
- Take the arms all the way overhead on every rep.
- Keep the knees soft — never land on locked legs.
- Find a rhythm you can hold and stay on it.
Common mistakes
- Half-height arms — reach all the way up, or the shoulders do nothing.
- Landing heavy and flat-footed — stay light on the forefoot.
- Speeding up until the form falls apart — pick a pace and keep it.
Breathing
Breathe in a steady rhythm — roughly one breath every two or three jumps.
Take care
Low impact as these things go, but still impact — use the step-out version without the jump on a hard floor or with sore knees.
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