How To Jump Rope

Jumping over a rope that passes under both feet is a high impact exercise.  Just like running is a high impact exercise. If you had a choice, you wouldn’t run on a hard unforgiving surface! Would you? Well, the same is true with jumping rope. The risk of injury is much greater on unforgiving surfaces

It’s amazing to think that one of the simplest, oldest, most time tested pieces of exercise equipment, the jump rope, has evolved the way it has. In it’s origins, the jump rope was simply a piece of cotton rope. Soon cotton turned into leather and eventually plastic. Today, the best jump rope on the market

In early history boys jumped rope more than girls. Today there are teams of both boys and girls who skip rope in teams for competition. There are many benefits to doing a jump rope workout besides the fun of chanting and jumping up and down. Skipping rope can be done alone or in groups and