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122 || FITNESS MAGAZINE || JUNE 2015 || EDITION 2 Toe taps are an incredible way to get your heart pumping. Stand with your feet close together and your knees slightly bent. Bend your elbows and hold your hands in close to your body. Tap your right toes on the object in front of you about 10 inches high. Quickly repeat with your left.Keep both knees slightly bent and your weight primarily on the balls of the feet throughout the exercise. Lift your head up to make this movement a bit more challenging. Squat jacks are a lower body power and strength exercise that targets the quads, glutes and hamstrings. Squat jacks also improve hip mobility and cardiovascular endurance. Standing with your feet close together and your hands clasped behind you head, push your hips back to get into a half-squat position. Jump your feet out to the sides of your mat, maintaining the squat position. Quickly jump back to the starting position.Avoid rounding your lower back and do not rise from the squat position. Stay low throughout the exercise and feel that burn!