BeastieHow many jumping jacks
can you do in a minute?
There’s no official answer. No fitness test we could find uses jumping jacks, and no study has measured what’s normal. The guides that do publish a number put most people at 40 to 60 in a minute and call 70 or more fast. Those are trainers’ estimates, not measurements — here’s what each one says.
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Beastie counts jumping jacks with your phone camera · video never leaves your phone
What a good minute looks like, source by source
Two fitness publishers give a score for one minute of jumping jacks. Neither cites a study — each table is a trainer’s or an editor’s judgement — so here are both, each level in the guide’s own words.
| Level | Jumping jacks |
|---|---|
| Just starting out | 20–35 |
| Casually active | 35–50 |
| Regular exerciser | 50–65 |
| Athletic | 65–80+ |
| Level | Jumping jacks |
|---|---|
| Beginner | 30–40 |
| Intermediate | 50–60 |
| Advanced | 70+ |
Read together: under about 35 is a starting point, 40 to 60 is the middle of both tables, and 70 or more is fast by either one. Daily Burn puts it most simply — “most people can do 40-60 jumping jacks a minute”.
Sources: Daily Burn (staff, August 2026) and Eat This, Not That! (Jarrod Nobbe, MA, CSCS, January 2025). For scale, the Guinness World Record for the most in one minute is 136 — the men’s record, set by Binod Thapa in 2023.
Why no two jumping jack charts match
Some aren’t per minute at all. Strength Level, which collects results from its users, puts the average man at 55 jumping jacks and the average woman at 45, from 3,404 logged results. It never gives a time limit, so those are reps with no clock — not a score for one minute, however often they get quoted as one (Strength Level).
Nobody has measured it. Jumping jacks aren’t an event in the 2026 Presidential Physical Fitness Test, and we found none in FitnessGram or the Army Fitness Test either. The two published studies we found that used jumping jacks measured heart rate and aerobic fitness, not how many people could do.
A jumping jack isn’t one thing. Some guides want your feet wider than your shoulders, others hip-width. “Hands overhead” can mean a clap or a wave at ear height. And every set shrinks as it goes on: the arms stop short first, then the feet. A chart has no way to tell a full rep from a tired one.
The one-minute jumping jack test
You need a clock, a bit of floor and a way to count honestly. With Beastie:
- Prop your phone facing you, 4–6 feet away, with your whole body in frame.
- Start a jumping jack set. Beastie checks it can see all of you before it counts.
- Go for one minute. A clock runs on screen the whole time — finish when it passes 1:00.
- Your result shows your clean reps and your pace in reps per minute.
Beastie counts a rep once your ankles have separated and your hands have cleared your head, and you’ve closed back up. Arms that stop at shoulder height are called out, not counted, which can make its number lower than one you’d give yourself.
No app? A timer and a friend counting out loud works too. Agree first on what counts as a rep — that’s where the arguments start.
Jumping jacks, by the numbers
How many jumping jacks should you be able to do in a minute?
There’s no official standard. Published guides put most people at 40 to 60 in a minute (Daily Burn) and count 70 or more as advanced (Eat This, Not That!). Both are trainers’ estimates, not measured norms, so treat them as a rough guide.
What is the average number of jumping jacks?
It depends on whether the set is timed. Strength Level, which collects results from its users, puts the average man at 55 and the average woman at 45, with no time limit given. For one minute, Daily Burn says most people manage 40 to 60.
Is there an official jumping jack test?
No. Jumping jacks aren’t an event in the Presidential Physical Fitness Test, and we found none in FitnessGram or the Army Fitness Test either. The per-minute scores you see online come from fitness writers, not from a testing body.
What counts as one jumping jack?
Start with your feet together and your arms by your sides, jump your feet apart while raising both hands above your head, then jump back. Guides disagree on how wide: some say hip-width, others wider than your shoulders. Beastie counts a rep once your ankles have separated and your hands have cleared your head, and you’ve closed back up.
What is the world record for jumping jacks in one minute?
Guinness World Records lists 136 as the men’s record for the most jumping jacks in one minute, set by Binod Thapa in Kathmandu in 2023.
Does Beastie time the minute for me?
Not automatically. A clock runs on screen for the whole set and your result shows your pace in reps per minute, but the set doesn’t stop at 60 seconds. Finish when the clock passes 1:00.
Beastie is a general fitness product, not medical advice. Check with a professional before starting a new exercise routine, and stop if something hurts.
What’s your real number?
A chart can tell you what’s normal. It can’t tell you what you did. Prop your phone up, do one honest minute, and the camera counts only the jumping jacks where both halves happened — counted, not claimed.
- Free — no card, no trial to cancel
- No account needed to try it
- Video never leaves your phone
- Counts with no signal
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One set takes about a minute. If the number disappoints you, nobody else ever sees it.
Half a jumping jack isn’t one.
Read how the camera decides a jumping jack counts, or see where you stand on the push-up test next.