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.
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!
Selecting the right music can have a huge impact on the outcome of your jump rope routine. A song with a higher BPM (125+) is usually best for practicing things that require a higher level of exertion, like double unders or speed jumping.
Jump Rope for Heart was a fundraising and event program that for years was an annual events for elementary and middle schools around the world, with thousands of schools and millions of kids participating.
The right jumping form for double unders is not terribly different from a basic bounce or single under. However, we see people struggle with double unders because they overcompensate for poor jump rope control by trying to jump higher. This leads to a few common mistakes in jump form and landing we will address in this article.
Looking for a few jump rope games to try with your PE class, jump rope team, or after-school group? Here are a few games I've found that worked well both during my time as a PE teacher and as a jump rope coach.
