THE most underestimated exercise ever!
Sheees that stuff will put your heartrate through the roof!
Sheees that stuff will put your heartrate through the roof!
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Rope skipping is...
- Thread starter Vorago
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that;s a good idea. I could do that for a while while watching TV or something. I may have to go buy one.
Vorago said:
+1
abark000 said:Boxers know.
+1
...it's what I do for cardio when I'm working out - I haven't been working out for months and I need to get back into, but I've still got my rope. At one point, when I was in good shape, I managed to work my way up to about 20 minutes of jumping rope - I think I sweated about 3 buckets. Right now I couldn't jump rope fpr 5 minutes. One of the best things about it, other than the fact that it's a good workout, is that it seems to be very low impact. I've never had my knees or ankles get sore from jumping rope.
Matthew Bryson said:
I'm totally going to go pick one up! I need some good cardio to help trim this gut down.
Geoff St. Germaine
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Running, heavy bag, jump rope, medicine ball, body ball for situps. I hate lifting weights. I don't think jumping rope is as good as pace running, but it is is a nice warmup and gets your heart rate moving.
I wish we had higher ceillings at home, I would do it as a warm up before my morning 13 rounds of Bas Rutten's MMA workout (Heavy Bag work)...
I used to suck at jumping rope, I'm a lot better now, but all the ropes at Krav are different... I gotta hide my favorite whenever I can find it.
I used to suck at jumping rope, I'm a lot better now, but all the ropes at Krav are different... I gotta hide my favorite whenever I can find it.
Vorago said:
Then these aren't really "tough" guys... Every tough guy I know can go forever on the rope.
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NJL said:Then these aren't really "tough" guys... Every tough guy I know can go forever on the rope.
Yep, the toughest guys at every MMA gym I've been to skip rope. I'm sure these guys are far tougher than the tough guy at the local fitness gym.
Vorago said:
I've been wanting to try this. I put in a request at my local gym that they stock a few ropes, but they said they always get stolen. I just haven't gotten around to buying my own yet. I saw a chart of typical cal/hr ratings for different cardio excersises, I think jumping rope only got beat by rowing.
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paintandsk8 said:
Of course the cal/hr charts are subjective based on intensity/speed. I think jumping rope is around 750 cal/hr typically. If you're doing double unders I'm sure that it goes up considerably, but it is hard to keep double unders up for a long period of time. It is certainly good cardio and is good for keeping you light/fast on your feet.
Jump rope is excellent for low impact cardio. It helps to mix up the routine as well, as this keeps your body thinking.
