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— Ainsely Young, Nashville, TN
The benefits of jumping rope
This information is provided to help educate potential and existing customers on the benefits of cardiovascular exercises such as jumping rope.
The health benefits
What are the health benefits of jumping rope as exercise? from Parade Magazine by Michael O'Shea, March 14, 2004
Jump rope like a girl—and melt fat like a mother from Weider Publications by Roy M. Wallack.
* It obliterates calories--up to 1,000 an hour (see chart, page 62)--and rocks your heart rate on par with running, but without the joint-jarring impact. * It does wonders for your agility, posture, balance, reflexes and coordination, improving your prowess in games of Hackysack or that other sack. * It blasts your calves, tones your delts and arms, and fires your abs. * It's without peer as a warm-up and cooldown for weightlifting, ideal for home and travel, and easily the cheapest fitness device you can buy.”
Get the most out of your workout
Classical Stretch: At Urban Aerobics, we highly recommend a total body workout developed by Miranda Esmonde-White. You can view the show daily on your local public television affiliate (PBS). To learn more, check your local PBS listings.
“Classical Stretch. . . is an original combination of scientific formulas and graceful movements that unlock uncomfortably rigid muscles leaving the participant with a more flexible, relaxed and strengthened body. The exercises reach deeply into muscles and ligaments not normally worked in the average fitness program and are set in routines that release tight muscles one by one.”