Level: Foundation
Base exercise: Lunge
Variation: With a jump
Purpose: Jump lunges give you all the strength building benefits of lunges with the additional benefits of power and fast twitch muscle training. They also are a fantastic anerobic cardio exercise, so they can be good for building endurance for program run throughs
Focus: Strength building, lower body strength, power, fast twitch, endurance, anerobic cardio, conditioning
Direction: N/A
Equipment: No Equipment
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