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Jenga Fitness: Stack a Block After Each Round

Jenga Fitness: Stack a Block After Each Round — video by YMCA of Florida's First Coast Play · 6:02

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Rob from a Florida YMCA turns strength work into a stacking game: six push-ups and six forearm-plank leg lifts, then stack a block, racing to build ten. A short band or bodyweight warm-up comes first, with a knees-down push-up option.

  • 6 min
  • All levels
  • Low impact (no jumping)
  • No equipment

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Step by step 4

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  1. Warm-up with a band or just your arms: pull-aparts, side to side, then elbows tucked and hands opening out. 0:32
  2. Hands on the head and rotate, then bird dog on hands and knees, opposite arm and leg out together. 1:40
  3. How to play: six push-ups, on knees or toes, and six forearm-plank leg lifts, then stack a block; aim for ten. 2:05
  4. The rounds: six push-ups and six plank leg lifts per block, breathing and modifying as you need, up to ten. 2:57

The steps are a summary in our words, checked against the video — the coach shows every move.

Form cues from the coach

  • Drop to your knees for push-ups if you need to
  • Breathe as you work and take any modification you need

What it works

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Joints it uses 3 takes load

  • Shoulders takes loadpush-ups, forearm plank, band pulls
  • Elbows takes load10 rounds of 6 push-ups
  • Wrists & hands takes loadpush-ups, bird-dog
  • Upper back movesband pull-aparts, trunk rotations
  • Lower back movesplank leg lifts, bird-dog, trunk rotations
  • Hips movesplank leg lifts, bird-dog
  • Knees moveskneeling warm-up, bird-dog
  • Kneeling. Pressure on the kneecaps — a folded towel or cushion under the knees helps.
  • Weight on your hands. The wrists bend back under load. Fists, push-up handles or your forearms ease it.
  • Down on the floor. You get down to the floor and back up again.

Easier option from the coach: Knee push-ups; bodyweight instead of a band in the warm-up

A guide to the joints this video’s moves load, from what the coach does — not medical advice. Some ache is normal; stop if a joint hurts sharply. How joints are rated

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Video by YMCA of Florida's First Coast; the summary, steps, cues, body areas and joint notes are Notbroken’s, written from what the coach actually does in the video and checked a second time. Warm up first, take the easier options until a move feels easy, and stop if you feel sharp pain, chest pain or dizziness. General instruction, not advice for your body. About & safety