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Fast Skipping

How to do the Fast Skipping with correct form, the muscles it works, and where it fits a training plan you actually stick to.

CompoundBody OnlyBeginnerPush
Primary muscles

Quads

Secondary

Abductors, Adductors, Calves, Glutes, Hamstrings

Equipment

Body Only

Step by step

How to do the Fast Skipping

  1. 1

    Start in a relaxed position with one leg slightly forward. This will be your starting position.

  2. 2

    Skip by executing a step-hop pattern of right-right-step to left-left-step, and so on, alternating back and forth.

  3. 3

    Perform fast skips by maintaining close contact with the ground and reduce air time, moving as quickly as possible.

In Ascend

Log it, see it on your body.

Every Fast Skipping set you log feeds Ascend's anatomy heatmap — so your quads volume is visible at a glance — and counts toward your bodyweight-strength tier.

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