Jumping jacks, a staple of school gym classes, are not just for kids—they can also reveal much about your health. Even if you haven’t done the exercise recently, your ability to do them today can ...

The jumping jack is an effective way to stimulate all the vital muscles of your body. It is a full-body exercise used in cardio and warm-up sessions. Jumping jacks include resistance and aerobic ...

YOU MIGHT THINK back to your childhood gym class and remember learning the basics of physical fitness, setting a foundation for the grown-up workouts you continue to do today. While you likely keep ...

Look, I’m gonna be straight with you – those online calculators that tell you exactly how many jumping jacks you need to burn 500 calories? They’re basically making educated guesses about your body.

Things high school gym class was good for: gossiping, checking out your wanna-be S.O. in track shorts, and kinda-sorta learning basic exercises. Jumping jacks were one such staple of P.E., and for ...

The amount of calories you burn doing jumping jacks can vary based on how long or how fast do you them, as well as on personal factors that affect your metabolism. Jumping jacks might seem like a ...

One of the quickest ways to get your heart pumping is to simply start jumping up and down! Throw in a little overhead arm movement, and the blood is sure to be flowing. Sounds a lot like a jumping ...

When Kusum Sinha, the superintendent of Garden City Public Schools in New York, took a trip this summer to Finland, Estonia and Sweden with other district leaders, she came back wishing she could ...

Learning to jump higher can improve your performance in activities like basketball, volleyball, and track and field. You’ll also gain power, balance, and agility, which can benefit all your movements ...

During this spring's legislate session, Missouri's Gov. Jay Nixon used his veto power to slash 33 bills. The Democratic governor set a personal record with the ink slinging, vetoing gun bills, ...