Braxton Terrebonne, who lives in Louisiana, was diagnosed with Friedreich’s ataxia (FA) in 2024 at age 23. He demonstrates a wall-supported cardio routine featuring high knees and butt kicks to build intensity and elevate heart rate.
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Transcript
What’s up, guys? Coach Damon with another great rare moves exercise here. This one we’ve got a lower body cardio.
This is going to be our running high knees, running butt kicks. All right. So we’re going to be up against the wall for stabilization. This is not a balance exercise, right? We’re not doing this in free space. We’re doing it up against the wall so that we can pick up the intensity, right? Leaning up against the wall, putting weight on those arms.
“Let’s get them high knees going. Boom. Yep. Little faster. Pop. There we go — pop. There we go. This will be, like, resembling a sprint or a jog. Couple more. Good.”
“Same thing — butt kicks behind. Oh, yeah. Two. Yeah. Nice. Keep it rolling. There you go.”
The main thing here is to keep the pace and the intensity up. We’re going to focus on our strength through another exercise, focus on our balance through another exercise. This is for intensity — to get the heart rate up. “And rest.”
