Hey guys, what's up?
Jeff Cavaliere here from athleanx.com bringing to you -no, not my twin brother- jumping Jack
Cascio.
You're gonna be seeing a little bit more of this guy in the future.
I brought in the best.
Now for this week I thought it would be cool to show you some unique ways to train legs
in the ATHLEAN-X program, with explosive movements.
If you want to build an athletic body, the number one prerequisite is: can you incorporate
explosive movements into what you're doing?
And absolutely the answer is yes, you just have to do the right things and doing them
in a way that's fun and challenging.
So what I put together here with Jack is a four exercise circuit, similar to what we're
asking you to do in ATHLEAN-X, some really cool ways to train your lower body.
A four exercise circuit that we're gonna take you through.
I'll take the first exercise, 1 and 3.
This guy can take 2 and 4, maybe give me a little bit of a break.
As I'm showing you these exercises, I'm gonna be telling you why we're doing what we're
doing, so...
I'll start off.
I'm gonna basically grab a kettlebell and we're gonna be doing a side to side skier
hop with the kettlebell, involve the upper body.
By doing this, you're gonna see that the core gets involved as well.
I basically keep my kettlebell up here, I hop and cross and I'm gonna reach up here
as I press.
So I'm gonna hop and cross and load...and load.
[pause] When I reach up here, I feel my core really
stabilize.
When you see me kind of squat down, that's to kind of lower down and then I load.
I hop back and forth, ten on each leg.
Jack takes over and he's gonna show you something unique now.
>> Jack: Alright, this next one is kind of like your last one.
But what you're gonna do is you're gonna land on the same leg that you jump off of.
It takes a lot of balance.
So you're gonna hold this, you're gonna jump in the air, like Jeff just did it, and you're
gonna load up.
So you're right here, jump and now you're landing on the same leg.
You know how I landed on the inside and I pushed back to the outside.
So it's here, press, switch.
Ups, see I threw it there...
[pause] >> Jeff: So that's a little bit more complex.
You wanna start off a little easier, shorter landing points.
Don't try extending so far out.
Next one that I do here is a version of the Bulgarian split squat.
I'm basically gonna go down here, pick that thing up and I'm gonna put it down.
So let's see...up, explode, down, explode.
[pause] Alright, so work each arm and go right to
the other leg.
What's the last exercise you've got?
>> Jack: Single leg butt kicks.
So what you're going to do with these is you're going to be on one leg, so let's say it's
the left leg and this leg is used for the rest of the exercise.
So you come up here and you wanna jump up, so you wanna build some elastic energy through
that little squat I'm doing here.
Jump up and you'll touch your butt with your heel.
So what it looks like is this, but if you can't hit your butt, you can start halfway
and build your way up.
So if you start up here, then we hit good...jump up, kick your butt.
And from this side now.
See I'm kicking my butt...
And you land like that every time.
>> Jeff: That's more than just an exercise to kick your butt, 'cause this whole little
circuit will kick your butt, but this one's all about... ...if you wanna follow the same
old boring routine and get the same results you've been getting, then that's what you
do.
But if you wanna elevate your game here, take it to another level, you wanna start doing
some exercises that challenge your body in a different way.
And if you want to build athletic muscle, which is what I always talk about, that lean
athletic look, lean but muscular at the same time... ...you've gotta be doing explosive
movements and incorporate them into your lower body.
So ATHLEAN-X is all about getting ways that you can incorporate this type of explosive
movements into your workouts at home and getting explosive results.
So...Jack, thank you for coming by!
>> Jack: No problem.
>> Jeff: You'll get more from this guy, I promise.
He can get the jumping program to a whole another level, so we're gonna be working on
something together, but I wanted to get you a great new exercise routine.
If you haven't already guys, go to athleanx.com, get the ATHLEAN-X program, build explosive
strength, build that explosive body.
Summer is right around the corner.
Make sure you're looking your best.
We're on May 19th...so it's just a few days...
You wanna make sure you're looking your best come beach time.
So thanks again, guys.
I'll talk to you soon.