Exercise of the Week: Power Jacks

Hello Everyone!

Hope you all had an amazing weekend and are feeling just as motivated as I am this week!  I have been battling waves of intense motivation followed by even more intense waves of laziness... Thus ruining any progress attained from my short bursts of productivity.  This week's exercise is Power Jacks aka intense jumping jacks with a squat ;). I challenge you to perform this exercise using the TABATA training method.  TABATA is a great way to get more out of your workouts because you are performing at high intensity followed by short periods of rest.  To perform the Power Jacks or any other single exercise using the TABATA method you will perform Power Jacks for 20 seconds followed by 10 seconds of rest for a total of 4 minutes.  During the 20 seconds you are performing the Power Jacks you want to make sure you are working at your highest performance level.  Count how many you are able to do during each 20 seconds of the 4 minutes and see how you progress over the week!  I will let you know how my numbers fair :)

Power Jacks

Target Muscles: Total body with an emphasis on the lower body

 



Step 1

Begin with your feet together and your hands above your head.



Step 2

Jump both feet out and down into a squatting position. Jump feet back together and return to the starting position in Step 1.

GOOD LUCK!

- Courtney