185/365 Jump Roping

Friends and Fitness Enthusiasts,

Remember when you were little and jump roping was so much fun? It took not effort at all. Heck, you could even sing songs while you did it! Well, play time isn't over because you can still jump rope and get huge benefits from it.

Jump roping is a high impact, cardio exercise that will leave your calves burning and face sweating. You'll also be working out your core as well as your eye-hand coordination (my elementary school PE teacher always said that if you could jump rope well, you can probably drive well, hooray!). The only downside to jumping rope is the punishment from the rope you get if you don't jump over it.

Your game plan is to jump rope for 30 seconds. I know that doesn't seem like a long time but, I think you'll be thanking me after you try it. The goal is to jump quick and short; your feet should barely leave the floor. You can jump rope in front of  a mirror to check your form. Once you get good (no mess ups), build it up to 1 minute then up to 5 minutes; you don't need to restart the clock if you mess up when the duration gets longer. If that starts to get easy, you can do the tricks the kids do like jumping rope backwards, crossing your arms in front, double jumping, triple jumping, etc.

Jump ropes are fun so go and have a great heart pumping, sweaty time!

In health,

Lauren