This one is a quickie, but there’s something about short workouts that make them that much more intense. This is only two moves, but because you’re jumping the entire five minutes, you’ll feel your heart thumping and your muscles burning. Set the timer for five minutes and do as many reps as you can of…
Image Source: POPSUGAR Photography/ Ericka McConnell We get it: for most people, running is about as fun as watching paint dry. But it’s been a necessary punishment you put your body through in order to keep off unwanted pounds – until today! What if we told you there was one exercise that burns more fat…
Never heard of plyometrics? The official definition might as well be “workout that makes you drip with sweat while your muscles burn,” because that’s just what these jumping moves do. And these heart-pumping moves burn serious calories.
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Are you ready for a challenge? This move is simple to learn but will totally have you feeling the burn in your glutes. Working on one leg is so much harder than two, which makes lunge skips the perfect butt-blasting move. Here’s how you do it. Move quickly, but make sure you’re paying attention to…
While jumping lunges are an excellent way to shape the legs and backside, they can be a bit hard on the knees – especially if you have bad knees to begin with, or you’re on the mend from an injury. Decrease the knee impact by hopping your feet together before you switch sides in this…
Strong legs are in! Not just because they look hot in shorts and leggings, but because they help you feel more badass on a long run, while pushing up a hill in your SoulCycle class, or when doing thrusters during your CrossFit WOD. This squat and lunge workout has a jumping element, known as plyometrics,…
A lot of great things happened to me at Nike‘s Innovation Summit this year: I tried on a pair of shoes straight out of Back to the Future, I did push-ups alongside Kevin Hart, and I saw an early preview of the uniforms for the upcoming Summer Olympics. And while all of this was pretty…
When rivers turn bright green, we think it’s good time to play with your plyometrics and think outside the box. Put your standard box jumps aside and celebrate St. Patrick’s Day with the jaunty jumping heel click. We associate this move with the feisty leprechauns that run amok on the Emerald Isle, so why not…
Add some jumping to your strength-training workouts for quicker results. Catching air with plyometric exercises means burning more calories in less time. The nine moves in this circuit work your entire body, and half of them are plyo. Learn the details on each exercise below, print the workout, and then get your sweat on. Since…
Get your sexy on, and burn some serious calories with PlyoJam, the fitness craze that combines dance moves with exploding plyometrics. Besides helping you to lose weight and tone your body, this workout is guaranteed to challenge your speed, agility, and balance, while keeping a huge smile on your face.
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