How to Do Fast Skipping
Step-by-step instructions, muscles worked and workouts that use the fast skipping.
| Main muscles | Quads |
| Also works | Abductors, Adductors, Calves, Glutes, Hamstrings |
| Equipment | Body Only |
| Level | Beginner |
| Type | Plyometrics |
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.
Form tips
- Start light and own the movement before adding weight.
- Control the lowering phase — don't drop into it.
- Keep breathing; exhale on the hardest part.
- Stop if you feel sharp pain (different from muscle burn).
Workouts with this exercise
Bodyweight Legs Workout for Intermediate6 exercises · about 47 min · BodyweightKettlebell Legs Workout for Intermediate6 exercises · about 47 min · KettlebellBodyweight Lower Body Workout for Intermediate6 exercises · about 47 min · BodyweightHIIT Fat-Burning Workout for Beginners (No Equipment)8 exercises · about 30 min · Bodyweight
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