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Kyle Shepard's avatar

I jump rope regularly and have a warmup routine that I do before training/competing of any kind that involves various jumping jack modifications adding up to 200 jumps by the time it’s done.

This post has made me want to jump more…

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Jack Krucial's avatar

Underrated piece of tech - especially for grapplers

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XF1's avatar

Rebounding is claimed to be better and more effective than running and most other forms of cardio.... It's just jumping without a rope! So add the rope and achieve more. Great article, you have inspired me and I'm in my 60's.

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Jack Krucial's avatar

Love to hear it

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Mav's avatar

It honestly changed my life!

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Peter's avatar

Lethal!

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Rob Plays Games's avatar

This is gold, adding more jump rope to my routine

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JA's avatar

Roberto Duran, master rope skipper.

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Mohamed's avatar

Write about flow!

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Patriot Historian 76's avatar

Lethal, lethal, lethal. I will start immediately

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John Rowe's avatar

Totally agree! From experience, I would recommend anyone just starting out to get a relatively inexpensive mat/pad off Amazon to jump on. Shin splints can be an issue that sidetracks your jump rope journey prematurely.

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John Rowe's avatar

Yes!

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Usama Zafar's avatar

Even if you are doing with shoes on?

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francesca's avatar

Not a man but I was obsessed with jump rope last summer. It literally called me into the back garden and I’d spend nearly an hour just jumping. Something about the rhythm and coordination demands just grips you.

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Jack Krucial's avatar

One of the best pieces of training equipment hands down.

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Andy's avatar

This is great!

I recently sprained my ankle and now I am back into training.

It’s important ti stay dageeous as a man.

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Inara's avatar

I started the use of the jump ropes when I learned about the 10 minutes equivalent to 30 minutes of jogging as a result of moving to a cold state and it making it hard to go out plus helping on the sprint. Everything else listed here is a plus I didn’t know but makes sense.

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Ascendia Visions's avatar

looks like i’m gonna be jumping rope a lot more brother thank you

https://ascendia.substack.com/p/a-letter-to-the-builder-inside-you

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Jose Montanez's avatar

I used to skip rope a lot when I was younger. There’s nothing like it, except maybe sprints.

I started skipping rope again four weeks ago. I have improved my endurance significantly.

This is an exercise that I will continue to do until I can’t anymore.

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Benjamin Rodriguez's avatar

Great informative article. I'm training to dunk a basketball and will definitely add this to my training.

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Crispin's avatar

Isn’t there also a connection between jumping and lymphatic drainage?

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Jack Krucial's avatar

Yes.

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