Legs · Bodyweight
Bodyweight Skipping
How to do the bodyweight skipping, the muscles it works, and the mistakes to avoid. Pulled straight from the Kovo app's exercise library.
- Equipment
- Bodyweight
- Difficulty
- Beginner
- Logged as
- Reps
- Movement
- Lunge
- Mechanic
- Compound
How to do it
Skip in place or forward, driving one knee up while pushing off the ball of the opposite foot. Stay light on your feet, swing your arms in rhythm, and land softly with each bounce.
- 1Feel the calves and feet spring you off the ground
- 2Drive the knee up tall on each skip
- 3Stay light and bouncy through the ankles
Common mistakes
- Don't land flat or heavy on your heels
- Avoid hunching; keep the chest tall
- Don't let the knees collapse inward on landing
Muscles worked
The bodyweight skipping mainly works the calves, with the quads, glutes, hip flexors, lower abs, hamstrings, and tibialis anterior assisting.
- CalvesPrimary
- QuadsSupport
- GlutesSupport
- Hip FlexorsSupport
- Lower AbsSupport
- HamstringsSupport
- Tibialis AnteriorSupport
- Lower BackMinor
- Upper AbsMinor
- ObliquesMinor
- Front DeltsMinor
Kovo programs the bodyweight skipping for you and tracks it every session.
We build your whole program, drop the right lifts into each workout, and adjust your weights as you get stronger. Free on iOS and Android.
More calves & shins exercises
- How to do the ankle cars
- How to do the ankle circles
- How to do the ankle rocks
- How to do the resistance band ankle mobilization
- How to do the calf press
- How to do the calf raises with hold
Last reviewed June 2026.