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It’s been a while since I donned a skipping rope. Skipping always takes me back to my school days. I remember the girls in our family got skipping ropes of different sizes for our heights with our names engraved into the handles as a part of the Jump Rope for Heart programme. I thought it was amazing and spent a lot of time outside skipping. It just seemed like fun then, not a workout!
Skipping is a simple and effective way to boost your workout. Skipping, or jump rope as some like to call, it boosts aerobic capacity, helping improve your fitness fast. It also helps develop coordination, agility, balance and tone muscles in your upper and lower body.
Because jumping rope is such an intense workout, it takes a bit of building up to be able to skip for a long period of time. I found this plan in Oxygen magazine which I’ve been using to build up my fitness. Here’s how to build up to 20 minutes of skipping within 10 weeks. Depending on your current fitness, you may be able to skip week one and go straight into week 2, but don’t unless you’re ready. Remember to warm up before and cool down afterwards!
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