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Jump rope

A compound exercise for the calves, with help from the quads, forearms. Equipment: jump rope.

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How to do it

  1. Setup: Rope handles at the armpits when you stand on the middle.
  2. Small hops on the balls of the feet
  3. Turn from the wrists

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