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 ...

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.

While you may not have thought about jumping jacks since grade school, the health benefits of this simple move continue well into adulthood. "Jumping jacks have a wealth of benefits like mobility, ...

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 ...

Look, I used to think those “100 jumping jacks = 10 calories” calculators were gospel. Then I started paying attention to real people doing real workouts, and wow – was I wrong. Those generic formulas ...

Old Forge resident and OFHS grad Brandon Gatto sets the Guinness World Record for most jumping jacks in a minute at Old Forge Veterans Memorial Stadium last Monday night. photo by rick notari Last ...

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, ...

A young boy with a habit of screaming when he didn’t get his way is among the patients Joannie Yeh, MD, a primary care physician at Nemours Children’s Health in Media, Pennsylvania, has helped in her ...