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BENEFITS OF ROPE JUMPING

JUMP ROPE WEIGHT LOSS

 

The Jump Rope Institute teaches Jump Rope Weight Loss as part of jump rope education, fitness, health, jump rope cross training and recreation. We want to motivate and encourage people to use jump ropes for sports and jump rope recreation as a way of life.

 

What piece of exercise equipment sells for under $50.00, fits into a briefcase, can be used by the whole family, and improves cardiovascular fitness while toning muscles at the same time? Did you know that by using it for just 15-20 minutes, you can burn off the calories from a candy bar? The answer is the humble jump rope.

 

Jumping rope is a great calorie-burner for weight loss. You'd have to run an eight-minute mile to work off more calories than you'd burn jumping rope. Jump rope for weight loss work. A ten minute session at a minimum of 12 revolutions per minute can provide the same benefits as:
 

  • 30 minutes of jogging

  • 6 sets of tennis

  • 30 minutes of racket sorts

  • 12 minutes of swimming

  • 18 holes of golf

 

Jumping rope for weight loss is convenient enough to fit into anyone's schedule. You can get the benefits of a much longer workout by jumping rope for 10-20 minutes, three to five times a week. It’s a good idea to focus on a cardiovascular workout at first by sticking to simple jumps so you can build up speed gradually. You can burn 200-300 calories with a 10-20 minute session. This not only improves cardiovascular health, but also helps to increase your resting metabolism throughout the day, ensuring you are burning calories all day long.

 

If you want an effective exercise program for weight loss, you should consider jumping rope not just for weight loss but a lifestyle that helps keep the weight off. Jump ropes are portable and effective for both calorie burning and overall strengthening and also provides a powerful workout. You can jump rope in increments until you are comfortable extending the duration, and also incorporate it easily into other types of exercise. That’s why jumping rope is a great way to get in shape and stay in shape by helping you with a lifestyle change.

 

Regularly exercising jump rope will help you keep your stress under control and maintain a healthy lifestyle. You need to be using Buddy Lee’s jump rope system to be exercising effectively, which includes high-intensity activities into your exercise rotation. Using Buddy’s high-intensity interval-type training helps boosts human growth hormone (HGH) production, which is essential for optimal health and strength. HGH also helps boost weight loss, which in turn helps with your overall health.

 

Exercise is also good for the old gray matter. Research has discovered that exercise stimulates the production of a protein called FNDC5. Over time, FNDC5 stimulates the production of another protein in the brain called Brain Derived Neurotrophic Factor (BDNF), which in turns stimulates the growth of new nerves and synapses and also preserves the survival of existing brain cells.

 

Fitness Centers around the world incorporate jump rope as a part of group exercise classes as a short cardio component. Jump rope is integrated into various Exercise modalities such as Pilate's, Kick boxing, Boxing, Yoga, Bosu Ball, Resista Ball, Boot camp and many other forms of exercises which all promote weight loss.

 

In sports training programs, coaches incorporate jump rope as a warm up and conditioning tool for improving overall athletic performance. Physical therapists may prescribe jump rope as a low impact exercise for rehabilitating and improving proprioception in injured ankles and knees.

 

The Jump Rope Institute teaches Jump Rope Weight Loss as part of jump rope education, fitness, health, jump rope cross training and  recreation. We want to motivate and encourage people to use jump ropes for sports and jump rope recreation as a way of life.

DOUBLE DUTCH BENEFITS

 

The benefits of this simple yet complex training technique ranks as an ideal brain exerciser, bone builder, and is one of the most efficient ways of improving cardiovascular fitness in as little as ten minutes.

 

In addition, jumping helps to develop the left and right hemispheres of the brain, further improving spacial awareness,  reading skills, and increasing memory and mental alertness. Jumping on the balls of your feet requires the body and mind to make neural muscular adjustments to imbalances created from continuous jumping. As a result, jumping improves dynamic balance and coordination, reflexes, bone density and muscular endurance.

 

As one dissects this exercise further and views it from a biomechanical perspective, it represents a composite movement combining a circular motion with an angular momentum. The body resembles a projectile subject to all the laws that govern projectile motion while the rope becomes a dynamic flywheel subject to all the laws that govern rotary motion. It is through the synchronous and harmonious coordination of these movements that the secrets and benefits of jump ropes are created.

 

Jumping rope can also prevent  knee damage which may occur during running, since the impact of each jump or step is absorbed by both legs. Jumping rope also helps strengthen the arms and shoulders. This combination of an aerobic workout and coordination-building footwork has made jumping rope a popular form of exercise for athletes, especially boxers and wrestlers. Many badminton players around the world jump rope to increase their endurance for competitions.

 

For fitness enthusiasts, learning proper jump rope technique is simple compared to many other athletic activities. The exercise is also appropriate for a wide range of ages and fitness levels.

 

Jump rope has been rated as a perfect building block to fitness and categorized as a healthy exercise that can produce positive changes in the body and brain. The American Heart Association endorses jump rope and uses it as a key fundraiser for heart research by encouraging millions of children to jump their way into cardiovascular health. 

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