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High Knee Skips
Muscles involved
High knee skips drive your knees up with a skipping rhythm. They build leg power and coordination.
How to do it
- Stand tall with feet hip-width apart and arms bent at your sides, ready to pump.
- Perform a skipping motion, driving your right knee up to hip height while hopping on your left foot.
- Pause briefly at the peak of the knee drive, feeling a hip flexor contraction.
- Land softly on the ball of your left foot and immediately drive your left knee up, alternating in a rhythmic skip.
Equipment required
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.
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High Knee Skips: which muscles does it work?
High Knee Skips mainly works: Quadriceps, Calves. It also involves: Gluteus maximus, Gastrocnemius, Soleus, Iliopsoas.
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