Getting into jumping rope for fitness
I am constantly looking for new types of workouts to burn more calories, tone muscles and improve my fitness level! I try to change up the types of exercises I do to target all unusual muscles and get the most benefit from my workout sessions, and by checking out the training sessions of professional athletes, I came across jumping rope.
I hadn’t jumped rope since I was a little girl.
I purchased a leather jump rope with weighted handles and started jumping… At first, I wasn’t truly nice at it. I kept stepping on the rope and smacking myself in the calves, despite frequently running and cycling, I lacked the stamina to jump for more than a minute. I kept practicing and suddenly noticed improvement. I acquired the endurance to jump for long stretches. I became proficient at jumping on one foot, running with the rope, double-unders and crossovers. I now workout with a jump rope app on my cellphone; The guided workouts can be anywhere from eight to forty minutes long and vary from beginner to advanced levels, then some of the training sessions are strictly jumping while others incorporate crunches, jumping jacks, lunges, push-ups, burpees, squats and more. The app keeps track of the time I’ve devoted, number of sessions and calories I’ve burned. It’s extremely motivational, however on the mornings when I’m feeling a bit sluggish, I use the app, however jumping rope is a full-body workout. It gets my lungs and heart working. It involves strength, balance, stamina and coordination and burns a lot of calories in a truly short time.