How to do jumping jacks
Land softly through the balls of your feet.
Step by step
- Stand tall with your feet together and arms at your sides.
- Jump your feet out wide while sweeping your arms overhead.
- Jump back to the starting position.
- Keep a steady, bouncy rhythm for the full time.
The cue that matters: Land softly through the balls of your feet.
How it progresses over eight weeks
In the Fitness Akhi programme, jumping jacks appear on Legs & Cardio day, for 3 rounds. The target rises every two weeks — these are the intermediate figures, and there are easier and harder tiers either side of them.
| Weeks 1–2 | Weeks 3–4 | Weeks 5–6 | Weeks 7–8 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 45 seconds | 60 seconds | 75 seconds | 90 seconds |
The target is a lookup, not a formula: each exercise has its own table, hand-set, so one movement can progress faster than another on the same day.
Where it fits
It is one of the exercises in a six-day rotation that runs for eight weeks. Each session is a circuit — you work through the day's exercises in order, then repeat the whole list 3 times — and the app walks you through it one screen at a time, keeping the phone awake so you never have to touch it mid-set.