Jumping sounds like an inexpensive and simple exercise that can be done anywhere, whether it’s at home or a nearby park, you can even watch kids jumping rope on the sidewalks. Once you develop the coordination between jumping and the movement of the rope, you can jump longer without failing.
1. Jumping rope can be beneficial in your weight loss exercise. It is so effective at burning calories that an hour of skipping will burn up to 1,000 calories.
2. The exercise is easy to learn, you don’t need to look for a guide or a trainer. The best thing about this activity is that once you start jumping, you learn very quickly and in no time you start jumping like a child.
3. It is economical as you only need one rope.
4. It’s fun when you start doing it with a friend or a group of friends.
5. Improve your coordination and rhythm between hand and foot movements.
6. Strengthens your bones and increases your stamina and endurance.
7. When you practice it with your friends, it develops a sense of teamwork and social skills in you.
8. It makes you more vigilant and alert. Increase your attention skills.
9. It can be a healthy sport and competitions can be held throughout the year.
10. It can be exercised by people of any age and of both sexes.
11. Jumping improves flexibility and athletic abilities. Improve your reflexes, balance and posture.
12. Tones the muscles of arms, legs and abdominals.
13. Without running, you get your heart rate up like a runner’s and therefore require a lot of energy to maintain fitness.
14. But jumping rope can be frustrating or boring after missing a few jumps. Even if you have good stamina and good coordination, don’t jump for more than 2 minutes. This is because your calves and Achilles tendons are stressed when you keep jumping in the same pattern and when they bite you start to fail.
So to jump without fail, you have to constantly switch from a single bounce to a double bounce to a jump or a jog or a knee up. You need to keep changing jump style every 30 seconds to avoid fatigue. To avoid a miss, you can even jump sideways or twist the rope without jumping. This can be to warm you up at the beginning or to avoid stopping during sets.
