# Exercise name, please....

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exercise-name-please/234575>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [March 16, 2004, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exercise-name-please/234575 "2004-03-16T03:37:35Z")\
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**Author:** ![LivingInThePast](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e19b73/32.png) [@LivingInThePast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LivingInThePast)\
**Post date:** [March 16, 2004, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exercise-name-please/234575/1 "2004-03-16T03:37:35Z")

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I just saw a thread asking about the origin of the term “jumping jacks”.

Which reminded me of my high school PE teacher. He had a term for, well, I swear it was for jumping jacks. It was a long name, maybe 4 or 5 workds, but I’ve been trying to remember it for years now, and all I can remember is “side-straddle” something-or-other.

Anyone have any idea what that was?

Thanks, from the bottom of my failing memory.

🙂

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**Author:** ![Nametag](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nametag/32/406_2.png) [@Nametag](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nametag)\
**Post date:** [March 16, 2004, 5:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exercise-name-please/234575/2 "2004-03-16T05:51:03Z")

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Yes, the “side-straddle hop.” Military PT terminology, AFAIK.

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**Author:** ![LivingInThePast](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e19b73/32.png) [@LivingInThePast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LivingInThePast)\
**Post date:** [March 16, 2004, 6:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exercise-name-please/234575/3 "2004-03-16T06:10:23Z")

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Thanks, **Nametag**.

I don’t think that’s quite the term he used, though.

I’m sure it had more words in it.

☹