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High Knees

Also: half knee bends (male)

Main
Cardiovascular system
Secondary
QuadricepsHamstringsGlutes
Equipment
Body weight
Level
Beginner
Movement
Conditioning

How to do it

  1. Stand with your feet shoulder width apart.
  2. Bend your knees and lower your body down as if you were sitting back into a chair.
  3. Keep your chest up and your weight in your heels.
  4. Pause for a moment at the bottom, then push through your heels to return to the starting position.
  5. Repeat for the desired number of repetitions.

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Exercise data: exercises-dataset (MIT) by Hasan Emir Yıldırım