Brandon epstein of youtube s jump rope dudes did 1 000 rope jumps every day for a month and concluded it s a pretty good habit forming exercise.
Skipping rope everyday results.
Jumping rope burns almost 1300 calories per hour which is over 400 calories burnt in an intensive 20 minute session.
The key to jumping rope for weight loss starts with understanding how to lose weight.
According to science daily this aerobic exercise can achieve a burn rate of up to 1300 calories per hour of vigorous activity with about 0 1 calories consumed per jump ten minutes of jumping rope can roughly be considered the equivalent of running an eight minute mile.
Decreases foot and ankle injuries.
The medical literature agrees that the first rule of weight loss is to create a calorie deficit.
The emotional high that i got from just 10 minutes of skipping made me pick up the rope again for 10 minutes the next day 15 minutes the week after and now 20 minutes every day.
Compared to jogging for 30 minutes jumping rope actually burns more calories.
Jumping rope is a low risk exercise.
When jumping rope the impact is absorbed and distributed by both knees thus minimizing damage to the knees.
All this because for me skipping was a blessing in disguise.
The advantage is that you can choose your intensity depending on if you want to warm up burn calories or build strength.
For example say you burn 2000 calories a day this number comes from your natural resting rate your daily activities such as walking around and calories burnt from exercise but you consume lots of junk food and you eat 2500 calories a day.