How to do X Drill Alternate Feet

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Difficulty: Medium

Impact Level: High

Target Body Parts: calves, glutes, hamstrings, quadriceps

Instructions

Start off standing upright with your feet at hip width and your hands up behind your head, with elbows out wide. From here, jump one foot forwards and the other foot backwards at the same time, then immediate switch legs front to back. Stay up on the ball of the front foot. Keep this movement going for the duration of the exercise.

Maintain and upright body position with your shoulders above your hips and eyes looking forwards. This is different to a Jump Lunge because you do not bend the knees as much in this exercise.

How to make X Drill Alternate Feet easier

Try our reverse lunges and forward lunges exercises

How to make X Drill Alternate Feet more challenging

Amp this up by moving on to our Lunge Jumps exercise.

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