Male

High Knee Skips

Muscles involved

How to do it

1. Stand tall with feet hip-width apart and arms bent at your sides, ready to pump. 2. Perform a skipping motion, driving your right knee up to hip height while hopping on your left foot. 3. Pause briefly at the peak of the knee drive, feeling a hip flexor contraction. 4. Land softly on the ball of your left foot and immediately drive your left knee up, alternating in a rhythmic skip.

Equipment required

Peso corporal

Muscles worked

Tips

- Drive your knees up to hip height or higher to fully engage the hip flexors. - Pump your arms vigorously to help drive the knees up. - Land softly on the balls of your feet to absorb impact. - Maintain a tall, upright posture with a slight forward lean.