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  2. What Muscles Are Used in Jumping Jacks? Trainers Break ... - AOL

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    1. Deltoids. Deltoids are a fancy term for "shoulder muscles." "The deltoids are located at the top of the arm and cover the shoulder joint," Julom explains. "When doing jumping jacks, the arms ...

  3. Jumping jack - Wikipedia

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    Jumping jack. A jumping jack, also known as a star jump and called a side-straddle hop in the US military, is a physical jumping exercise performed by jumping to a position with the legs spread wide and the hands going overhead, sometimes in a clap, and then returning to a position with the feet together and the arms at the sides.

  4. Research Shows Working Out Burns Less Calories Than We ... - AOL

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    Feet jacks are just like jumping jacks, but only your legs are moving! ... Round 4: Target/Muscles Worked: Glutes, Hamstrings, Lower Back, Abs Resistance Band Donkey Kicks for 30 Seconds.

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    Jumping jacks mix cardio and resistance work in one swift move (er, jump), while engaging multiple muscles, including the glutes, hamstrings, quads, and calves, as well as the muscles of the core ...

  6. Plyometrics - Wikipedia

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    Plyometrics, also known as jump training or plyos, are exercises in which muscles exert maximum force in short intervals of time, with the goal of increasing power (speed-strength). This training focuses on learning to move from a muscle extension to a contraction in a rapid or "explosive" manner, such as in specialized repeated jumping. [1]

  7. Push-up - Wikipedia

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    Push-up. Animation of a full push-up (the wide positioning of the hands increases the push-up's use of chest muscles as opposed to arm muscles) Side view of a push-up. Push-up technique. The push-up (press-up in British English) is a common calisthenics exercise beginning from the prone position. By raising and lowering the body using the arms ...

  8. Jumping jack (toy) - Wikipedia

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    Jumping jack (toy) The jumping jack is a jointed, flat wooden figure, a cross between a puppet and a paper doll that is considered a mechanical toy. The figure's joints are connected to a pull string that causes the arms and legs to move up and down when the string is pulled and released. Jumping jacks were popular in many contemporary ...

  9. LE SSERAFIM shared their workout routine – and it’s going ...

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    It was 100 jumping jacks as a warmup, 100 burpees, and then three sets of four different plank exercises with 25 reps," says Huh YunJin. "It was very intense. And we did that, like, for two hours ...