Power Skips
- Stand up straight with a tight core and flat back.
- Raise your arms to waist height.
- Forcefully push off the ground, elevating the left side higher than the right side.
- Swing your left hand up and your right hand back.
- Land on the balls of your feet, then immediately push off again with the right side.
- Alternate and repeat.
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Power skips is a at-home work out exercise that targets hamstrings and quadriceps and also involves abs and calves and glutes & hip flexors. Refer to the illustration diagram and instructions above for how to perform this exercise correctly. Pistol / single / one leg extended arm squats, high box jumps and side / lateral shuffles / hops / skaters are related exercise that target the same muscle groups as power skips. Visit our free illustrated exercise directory for more exercises to try in your workouts.
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