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12-09-2013, 12:15 PM
Ok.. nice to know. Ive been doing this for warming for muay thai, 15 minutes a time. Nice execrise you dont need much room and it gets you warm
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12-09-2013, 01:09 PM
I read somewhere that jumping jacks were better for burning fat than windsprints. Can't vouch for the veracity of that statement but I'd say they definitely tear through fat.
Make sure you wear your sneaks if you're doing them on a tile floor though. They're pretty high-impact and can be hard on the knees if you don't have something to absorb the shock.
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12-09-2013, 03:47 PM
if you enjoy them that's fine but you do not need to do jumping jacks at all to lose bodyfat. you could just eat less food and get the same result.
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12-09-2013, 08:05 PM
I remember doing jumping jacks for muay thai. It can really get you tired, good exercise. As mentioned before, it requires no space, and the jumping really gets you huffing and puffing. We did 90 second intervals, followed by a burst of knee raised running on the spot, there must be a better term for that.
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12-09-2013, 08:09 PM
I prefer jumping rope. Double unders especially those get you ripped.
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12-10-2013, 02:13 AM
Quote: (12-09-2013 08:09 PM)MidniteSpecial Wrote:
I prefer jumping rope. Double unders especially those get you ripped.
Yes!
Jump roping > jumping jacks.
Double unders, hopping on one foot for a period of time, switching off after one hop on each foot, criss-crossing, etc.
Good for coordination, timing, endurance, footwork, etc.
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12-10-2013, 09:44 AM
Agreed. We should be here to support one another. Not in the 'you-go-girl' that fatties do to each other to STOP themselves improving, but genuine goodwill and support. At least that's what I thought was the deal here.
Not being like the bitter, stifling friend or parent saying "You'll never amount to anything kid, just accept what God's set out for you, marry the girl over the road and work in the factory".
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12-10-2013, 05:58 PM
3 day warning for calihunter. No need to crush a man's goals.
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01-15-2014, 10:16 PM
Quote: (12-11-2013 06:42 AM)kingjuice Wrote:
If you're really serious about fat loss then do tabata burpees.
20 seconds of burpees, 10 seconds of rest. x 8
4 minutes of hell.
Bringing this thread back just to comment on these:
they fucking suck.
I mean that in a good way...sort of. College football introduced me to them. We'd do them in the weight room after lifts and as punishment whenever we didn't go hard on the field or in the gym (or whenever the coaches were just in a bad mood). I never did the Tabata structure; instead, we usually did 4 quarters + overtime, 30 seconds between quarters and each quarter had 25 of these fuckers. Pure hell, they never got easier.
I left the game a couple of years ago but wanted to keep in shape. Aside from buying some dumbells and using the treadmill and bench set in my basement, I also do these. They were especially useful while in college where I had no treadmill - I could just knock them out in my dorm. I still do them and they still haven't got any easier, but I am more ripped than I was a couple of years ago. I'll never stop doing them - I figure that as long as I can keep doing sets of 25 x 4, I'll be able to tell I'm still in decent shape.
I highly recommend these to anybody looking to kick themselves into shape. They're miserable even without the Tabata structure, but they'll get you right. Jumping jacks are cool too, but I don't think they're quite as effective.
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01-16-2014, 09:17 PM
Anything more than you're doing now will help. I used to box and jumping jacks was a warm up to our stretching before we jumped rope and shadow boxed; jump jacks got the blood flowing for sure. I have to agree though that once you're able to do burpees there's not much better in terms of cardio and explosive strength that you can do in a small footprint. Do ten burpees between 2 min rounds of skipping rope or jumping jacks for an extra push. Have fun with it!