Benefits of Jumping Rope

Series Summary

Many people want to lose weight, and despite claims for quick fat burning pills and powders, the best way to lose weight is still through proper diet and exercise. Exercise does more than just maintain physical fitness. Working out also helps build healthy bone density, muscle strength and joint mobility. It also reduces general health risks, boosts the immune system, and helps with depression and insomnia. Whether exercising to lose weight, or improve muscle mass, working out is always a good idea to help promote a healthy body and mind. In this free video series, take the steps to get in shape. Our expert, Mike Quebec, is a certified physical fitness instructor. He takes the time to show a variety of exercises to tone the body. Learn how to get six pack abs with a medicine ball and simple floor stomach exercises. Also, build strength in the glutes, arms, chest and legs with some simple everyday exercises. Trying to increase or reduce metabolism? Let our expert guide show the way. So, develop a fitness training routine to tone and strengthen your body, and get results soon.

Video Transcript

"Hi, my name is Michael Quebec and today's subject is the benefits of jumping rope. Well first off, we should learn actually how to jump rope. I want to make sure that I'm light on my toes, and I want to make sure that my heels are off the floor, getting the rope as close to the floor and my feet as possible. And I'm going to use just my wrists. Remember my breathing is nice and slow, in through the nose, out through the mouth. So you'll notice I'm just using my wrists usually about two minutes of this. And then for thirty seconds I go full blasts. And then you slow it down. Usually about a good warm up is three minute rounds, two minutes of for, for the easy going and then thirty minutes to, I'm sorry thirty seconds to one minute of actual fast rope. So that way you combine both endurance with sprinting actions. You'll notice it's very similar to running, only you have the convenience of not having to go outside and having to deal with heavy concrete, I mean hard concrete on your joints and on your feet which could eventually lead to damage. You don't have to worry about pollens, smog, or rain, so you can get your cardiovascular work in. You are working your muscles in your calves, in your quadriceps, hamstrings tibealus and you are also working your endurance. You get a much lighter and working rope helps with explosive short burst movements if you are an athlete. So those are the benefits of jumping rope. One last thing, jumping rope is a great cardiovascular exercise for burning calories if you are trying to lose weight. For a person who is a hundred and fifty pounds, it's ten point five calories a minute or six hundred thirty calories an hour. You really get a good workout when you are doing rope. Thank you."