If you are not including rope jumping into your fitness program you are missing out on a tremendous fat burning exercise.
Jumping rope is not just kids, it's a great workout that has many benefits, and you can get a fast workout and burn tons of calories.
Jumping rope for 10 minutes at 100 to 120 reps per minute is equal to 30 minutes of jogging, or 12 minutes of swimming.
A 150 pound person can burn up to 750 calories an hour, the heavier the person the more calories burned.
If you think that jumping rope is too difficult, keep trying, the benefits will be well worth the practice- not to mention the level of fitness and fat burning that will take place.
You will also develop more athletic ability that will help you in any sport, basketball, football, wrestling, baseball, track and field, martial arts any sport that requires you to perform at a high level.
Jumping rope will improve- speed, quickness, agility, explosiveness- if you want to become a better athlete or if you just want to burn a ton of calories jumping rope is the choice.
Another great thing about jumping rope is that you can jump rope almost anywhere, all you need is a small space, good jumping shoes and a desire to learn the basic jumping techniques.
The jump rope is also great for traveling, there is no need to find a gym, open up your suit case, and start jumping.
John Grube is an expert on the subject of bodyweight training. He also has 25+ years of training experience and is the author of The Wildman Training Program manual. For more info http://www.wildmantraining.com | |
