Don’t skip the workout, Skip the rope

Now is the time to find your skipping rope!!!

Feeling lazy to go out and start working out, finding different reasons like it’s too hot to go out, it’s too cold to get out of bed, it’s raining don’t feel like going out for a walk or jog or to the gym, and so many more reasons to skip a workout. Not all of us may find time to head to the gym due to a busy schedule, but all these reasons definitely shouldn’t be the reasons to not sweat it out.

Skipping rope doesn’t skip a workout. Maybe our vision of jumping rope is just about those PT classes in school and as one of those childhood games. But if you haven’t picked up a jump rope since or just afraid of looking silly you must know that the best boxers and athletes regularly perform skipping drills to help with their coordination, stamina, and cardiovascular fitness.

For those ladies and gentlemen out there getting conscious for their health and skin and splurging over Delmar’s, and all the pharma products. One of the secrets for a healthy glowing beautiful skin is to exercise. Exercise increases blood circulation by providing nutrients to the skin and flushing out toxins. Ever noticed the glow on your face post workout?

Believe it or not, a simple act of jumping can do a lot more than the same time spent in gyms, jogging and running. Studies have shown that 10 minutes of skipping burns more calories than 45 min of jogging.

To stay fit in this busy schedule all you need is to get hold of a skipping rope and spare about 15 minutes of your time every day. If you need some more convincing, here are a few reasons why skipping or jumping rope is one of the very best, cost-efficient, time constraint and easy and lot cooler form of exercise than you think.

1. Calorie burner

Very few exercises burn calories like skipping rope. Even jumping at moderate rate burns 10-16 calories per minute. Depending on your speed and intensity, 10 minutes of skipping can burn off as many calories as a 30 minutes run. Supper effective weight loss exercise.

2. Cardiovascular fitness

skipping rope for three to five times a week for 12-20 minutes is a very good aerobic workout, it improves your heart and lung health, improves stamina and breathing efficiency.

3. Improved agility and quickness

if you want to get lighter on your feet, skip rope every day for a few minutes. When you jump on the balls of your feet, body connects with the mind to make neural muscular adjustments to keep your balance. This improves balance, coordination/quickness.

4. Increases bone strength

studies have shown that simply jumping is one of the best exercises to improve bone density thus helping us stay off osteoporosis.

5. Full body workout

skipping is a full body workout which uses your abdominals to stabilize the body, legs for jumping, shoulders, and arms for turning the rope.

6. Muscle tone

Regular skipping improves muscle tone in both upper and lower body as all the muscle groups of the body are used during skipping.

7. Makes you smarter

we all know exercise is good for the brain. But jumping rope activity uses both physical and mental demands which have a higher impact on cognitive functioning than exercise alone. Jumping helps in the development of the left and right hemisphere of your brain, which improves awareness, reading skills, increases memory, reflexes. So next time your jumping rope try out different jump rope tricks.

8. zero cost and quick

last but not the least it is a one of the low-cost low maintenance and quick workout which can be done by people of all age groups. It can be done indoors and can save you from reasons like bad weather conditions, time restrictions etc., which cannot come in the way of your fitness.

So, people grab a jump rope, get hopping and be amazed by the different ways your body and mind will benefit.

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