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If you’re new to jumping rope, or just considering dipping your toes back in for the first time since your days on the playground, here are our top five recommendations for quickly getting the hang of jump roping.
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It's a common problem: kinks or memory coils in your PVC jump rope cord. Have kinks? No problem! This may sound extreme, but trust us: boil your rope.
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You have over 100 different muscles, tendons, and ligaments in your feet. That's a lot of amount of muscle fiber in and around your foot. When you wear shoes, all this muscle fiber around your arches and foot structure is bound and rearranged according to the fit of the shoe. This "binding" is exacerbated when you exercise, which leads to numerous health related injuries and ailments.
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If you haven’t picked up a jump rope in a while or you’re just afraid of looking silly at the gym here are a few reasons why jumping rope is one of the very best exercises out there.
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We've put a collection of our favorite new and traditional jump songs, rhymes and chants that help keep the cadence while skipping rope. Enjoy these double dutch jump rope songs with your friends and fellow jumpers!