The Amazing Stickie, like most of us, does not love doing lunges. However, she does love the effects of having done lunges. Sometimes she chooses to do jump lunges to get the benefits of lunges, plus some cardio, all while getting it over quickly. There are two ways to do jump lunges and both of them are good.
For the first way, Stickie gets into a good lunge position. Notice that her front shin is perpendicular to the floor and her knee is aligned over her toe. Her back thigh is also perpendicular to the floor and her back heel is in line with her knee. Her shoulders remain over her hips throughout the exercise because Stickie does not like to cheat herself by letting her torso tilt forward. Using the power of both bent legs, she jumps up into the air and lands again in a good lunge position with the same leg in front.
The second way is just like the first, except that in the air, Stickie switches which leg will land in front. This way is a little bit more of a core and balance challenge due to the switch.
Stickie does sets of 15 on a side when she does not switch legs and sets of 30 when she is switching legs.
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