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Fitness enthusiasts and gurus attest to the benefits of cardio workout for their bodies. For some, they are captivated by the benefits of jumping rope. This article will elaborate on the gains that you can attain from doing jumping rope and the things you should know about this type of workout.
Jumping rope is not only for boxers and athletes. It is for everybody, especially for those who want to be fit and healthy. Know that jumping ropes are being played when we were still kids. But no one is too old and too young for doing this aerobic activity.
The most impressive and exciting part of the jump-rope journey is its total-body benefits. Check out how can jumping rope become beneficial to one’s body.
- It burns major calories
Surprisingly, jumping rope can burn more calories in 30 minutes than jogging. Based on a study, this type of workout can burn up to 1300 calories per hour of vigorous activity, with about 0.1 calories consumed per jump.
Moreover, it burns more calories per minute and engages more muscles than swimming or rowing, while still qualifying as a low-impact workout. A moderate pace of jumping is equivalent to run an eight-minute-mile.
2. Increases Bone Density
“A study in the Journal of Applied Physiology found that young women who jumped as high as they could just 10 times, three times a week for six months, increased bone mineral density in their legs and the lower half of their spines,” Markham Heid stated.
3. Improves the Cardiovascular Muscle
This type of workout offers the same cardiovascular benefits with other common cardio exercises yet with a lower impact on the joints. Further, another study revealed that a daily 10-minute jump-rope exercise for six weeks exhibited the same levels of improvement of their cardiovascular health as those who jogged for 30 minutes a day.
4. Increase body coordination
With jumping rope, you can do various tricks that are exciting and fun to learn. The more tricks you do, the more you need to be conscious and coordinated.
Even more, good body coordination is the key to a fit body. Doing a smooth workout, which entails body coordination, is important for completing a daily workout that can result in a fit body.
5. Makes you smarter
Jumping can help in the development of the left and right hemispheres of the human brain. More importantly this can enhance spatial awareness, improve reading skills, increase memory, and make you more mentally alert.
“The best exercise for the brain involves a combination of timing, rhythm, coordination, and mental strategy, which are all present while doing jumping rope workout,” as cited in the blog of BrainHQ.
“Moreso, jumping improves dynamic balance and coordination, reflexes, bone density and muscular endurance”.
6. Improves breathing efficiency
Like any cardio workout, your breathing efficiency will be better once you keep your focus on doing various exercises. Plus, you will get better stamina as you increase your heart rate.
7. Helps to tighten your core
One of the benefits of jumping rope is to tighten your core. It does not only develop lower body endurance but also the upper body. It burns the belly fat faster.
By rotating a heavy rope, your upper body needs to work hard to stabilize your body, maintain pace, and keep your balance.
8. It is FUN
When you are working out, do not be hooked too much with the results you want to get like a full-body transformation. It is more important to enjoy the process of working out.
There are different tricks that you can learn from jumping rope.
If you are not having fun of what you are doing, then you will not for a long time.
Sources:
(1)https://www.menshealth.com/fitness/a19546586/jumping-rope-workout-circuit-exercises/
(2)https://www.lifehack.org/articles/lifestyle/benefits-jumping-rope-you-probably-dont-know.html
