Cardio Power Moves: Squats With Jumping Jacks Video

Performing jumping jacks while doing squats boosts stamina and tones the lower body. Learn how to increase cardio by performing squats with jumping jacks properly from a certified trainer in this workout video.

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Keep feet square
Begin squats first
Arms out
Implement jumping jacks
Alternate exercises

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Keith Irace has been a certified trainer for 16 years. He is currently the regional group fitness manager for Equinox Fitness Clubs in southern California and a trainer for iTRAIN.com is your own "Hollywood personal trainer right in your pocket." Each audio and video workout consists of an elite Hollywood Trainer or World Champion Athlete mixed with original music to satisfy your workout needs. iTRAIN provides more than 275 workouts in its library ranging from treadmill to elliptical, cycling, strength training, and many more.

Hi. I'm Keith Irace, and welcome to Cardio Power Moves. Today's move is a squat with jumping jacks, and we're going to do two intervals of each. We're going to begin by setting up our squat. So I want you to stand hip distance with your feet parallel, take your hands straight out from your shoulders and then just start to release your hips back. Now, you can always slow down this move a little bit if you prefer. To take a look at it from the side, you want to make sure that you're releasing your hips, your knees tracked to your toes, and your weight shifts a little bit back into the heels. Let's get four more here, four, you're with me, good, three, and two, and one. Now we jack. So, easy jumping jacks are light on our feet. For my low-impact people if you prefer that option, you just go side, and side, and side, and side, right back to it. Stay with me, we have 10 seconds, light on your feet, pushing off the balls of your feet, good, four, and three, and two, and one, beautiful. We're back to that squat, set it up. Hip distance, toes forward, arms straight out, release, good, flexing from your hips, your knees, and your ankles. Not too bouncy. So it almost feels like you find the move at the bottom. Hold it for a split second, good, six more, five, sink back, four, three, push off the floor, two, and one. One more time, take it back to the jumping jacks. Let's go [DEMONSTRATION]. By low-impact people, easy steps side to side. That'll work. Yes. High impact. Push that heart rate one more time, here we go [DEMONSTRATION], ten, nine, eight, seven, six, five, four, last three, and two, and one, beautiful. Now walk it out. Remember, you always want to give your heart rate a chance to recover, so we move until you feel like your heart rate is calm and you can speak easily. Thanks for joining us today. I'll see you next time.

Cardio Power Moves: Squats with Jumping Jacks Video

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