SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER
2007
How to Jump Rope
By Buddy Lee
You’ve probably shied away from jump rope because you’ve heard it was high-impact and difficult to learn. But when it’s performed the right way, jump rope can involve less pounding than jogging. Many people jump incorrectly by jumping too high and landing heavy on their feet. This can cause lower body injuries – of the knees, ankles, and feet. The risk is increased from the continuation of incorrect jumping and landing on hard surfaces. Jump rope is a skilled movement that requires good biomechanics in the take off and landing, combined with proper timing and coordination of the rope swing with each jump.
The key to your clients’ jump rope exercise program is to stay focused and motivated, and to never give up. Keep jumping to stay fit for life.
Here are 10 reasons why your clients should jump rope:
- Jump rope is one of the most inexpensive and oldest forms of exercise dating back to Egyptians and aborigines who jumped with vines. It is a building block to fitness and is a scientifically proven exercise that guarantees positive mental, physical and physiological changes in the body in as little as five to ten minutes a day.
- The American Heart Association endorses jump rope as one of the most efficient ways of improving cardiovascular health and preventing stroke. They fundraise tens of millions of dollars from school kids participating in the Jump 4 Heart Day as a way to keep fit while finding cures and new technologies to fight heart disease.
- Jump Rope serves as the perfect alternative to running and jogging during inclement weather, raises core body temperature for a quick warm-up to exercise.
- As a multi joint exercise that incorporates every muscle in the body, Jump Rope ranks as one of the most efficient methods for burning calories, trimming legs, waistlines, and carving out rock hard abs.
- Jump Rope requires only a small space and is an efficient exercise requiring only a third of the time of most aerobic activities to improve cardiovascular fitness.
- Jump Rope is an ideal brain exercise that develops the left and right sides of the brain, strengthens the vestibular system to increase mental alertness and spatial awareness. In addition, the rhythmic affects of jumping help to improve reading skills.
- Jumping one inch off the ground makes it a low impact and safe exercise. The body’s vertical motion creates enough ground forces to increase bone density and help prevent osteoporosis.
- Jump Rope shapes, tones and strengthens arms, chest, legs and buttocks for a total body workout.
- Some of the world’s greatest athletes use jump rope as a training tool that provides key advantages in time and space to produce competitive advantages in speed, quickness and agility for championship performances.
- Finally, Buddy Lee’s system will keep your clients motivated and safe every step of the way. As a result they will never over do it, never get discouraged, and never again look like the “klutz”.
Buddy Lee is a former U.S. Olympic wrestler, the author of Jump Rope Training (Human Kinetics, 2002) and president of the Alexandria, Virginia-based Jump Rope Technology Inc., which manufactures Hyperformance Jump Ropes and trains both professional and amateur athletes, including competitors in 25 different Olympic sports.
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