One of the exercises I had to do in boot camp were Rifle Jacks. I was on the drill team so I had to practice pretty much every day. Rifle Jacks are another way of doing jumping jacks, using your rifle as added weight.
Now, since a lot of you won’t have a rifle at home, you can either imagine you are holding one, use a broom stick, or maybe even use just the bar of a standard barbell.
Our drill rifles averaged around 15 pounds. So, a standard barbell should be around that weight as well. An Olympic barbell would be way to heavy, as those weigh on average 45 pounds.
How to do a Rifle Jack
- Start off with your feet together and the rifle at chest height.
- Next, jump your legs apart and at the same time push the rifle out in front of you.
- Jump back to the starting position by bringing your legs back together and bringing the rifle back to your chest.
- Now, jump your legs apart and and at the same time push the rifle up in the air overhead.
- Finally, jump back to the starting position again.
The way you would normally count these is in a 3 count manner. Some prefer to call them 4 counts, but I call them 3 counts. For a better explanation of 3 counts, take a look at my post How to do 3 counts.
Now that you have the explanation, see the photo at the beginning of the article on how to do a Rifle Jack.
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