Jump roping is an amazing way to keep active, train your body, build
muscle, improve cardiovascular health, and increase your conditioning
for other sports like wrestling, football, boxing, and MMA. It's a
full-body exercise that you can do in the comfort of your own home, and
takes nothing more than some practice and any type of jump rope!
Jumping rope has all kinds of documented benefits. It has been proven to:
Burn up to 1,000 calories an hour
Tone muscles in every major muscle group
Improve athleticism by combining agility, coordination, timing, and
endurance
Effectively improve cardio health with nothing more than 15 minute
workouts per day
All of these benefits are housed in a portable jump rope that anyone can
use! So why not try one today? You have nothing to lose except inches!
Maybe you're worried about your technique, and have never jumped rope
before, or haven't done it in a long time. Well, start off simple. Use basic
techniques, and after you master that, try other, more advanced moves, until
you feel comfortable with those. With jump rope, it's just you and the rope,
so never feel pressured to do more than you can do. But when you're ready,
try these styles and techniques:
Basic Jump - Both feet are slightly apart as you jump over
the rope at the same time. A great beginner's stance!
Alternate Foot Jump - Alternate feet jumping off the ground. This
helps to effectively double the number of skips per minute you can perform,
compared to the basic jump.
Criss-Cross - Similar to the basic jump, with both feet jumping
together, except that while jumping, you swing you left hand under the right
part of the body, and the right hand under the left part of the body.
Double Under - To perform this, the rope must swing under your
feet twice before your feet hit the ground. To master this, you must jump
higher than during normal jumps.
Combination Jumps - Combining two or more techniques into a
single maneuver.
Toad - Performing the "criss-cross" technique with your legs
intersected at your arms.
Skier - A side-to-side jump with your feet kept together.
Bell - A front-to-back jump keeping the feet together.
Scissors - A jump while putting one foot forward and the other
back, then switching back and forth.
Jumping Jack - A jump while putting the feet apart and then back
together.
Can-Can - A jump with one leg up and bent, followed by a jump
with both feet on the ground, followed by a jump kicking the foot out.
