Skipping rope for 10 minutes a day can make you lose up to 130 calories. Thus, at first glance, it seems the beginning of a good relationship with this exercise. But there is much more. Skipping rope is a good warm-up for anyone doing very demanding boards, or a perfect exercise to get fit in a few days.
The jump rope is an excellent cardiovascular exercise, perfect for burning calories, strengthening the heart or recovering bone mass. Arms, legs, abdomen… are the protagonists of this complete exercise that has the whole body in motion.
As Alex García, director of FitClub points out, “skipping rope is a very common exercise on an exercise table to warm up and activate the body just before starting to play sports, since you involve every muscle in your body in the exercise” , bill.
Benefits of skipping rope
- Helps lose weight and is a powerful cardiovascular exercise
- Every muscle in the body is involved
- Improves endurance
- Helps eliminate liquids
- It favors coordination
- Increase agility and speed
- Eliminate stress
- Improves control of breathing
To successfully jump rope you must take into account the choice of a rope of your size. Or tense if you have too much. Relaxed shoulders, straight front and back gaze is the key to making the jump perfect. The arms should be as close to the body as possible and make the movement with the wrist.
To minimize the impact on your joints, such as your knees, wear good footwear, and keep your knees slightly bent. If possible, and to strengthen the core to the maximum, bring the hip forward, and pull the abdominals.