Jumping Jack HD
Description
Jumping jack are a plyometric exercise. Plyometrics are explosive aerobic moves that increase speed, quickness, and power and they work your whole body. Jumping jack target the arm, shoulder, abdominal muscles, hip muscles and hip flexors and also work on the thighs, knee tendons and quadriceps. Jumps are beneficial to your health because they combine cardiovascular conditioning with strength work. Since jumps elevate your heart rate, they can also improve your cardiovascular fitness.
Muscles
Primary muscles
- Quads
Secondary muscles
- Glutes
- Obliques
- Abs (rectus abdominis)
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Description and images from the open wger exercise database, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (authors: p177erpher, wger.de, jptjptjptjpt, hektkaso). Translations by Calix are shared under the same license. Muscle diagrams: wger project (AGPL-3.0).