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Skipping?????!!!!

AlwaysWanderer
AlwaysWanderer Posts: 641 Member
edited September 2024 in Fitness and Exercise
Is skipping a good exercise? I've been told that it is, but MFP doesnt seem to recognise it as an exercise... Any ideas please?

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  • serenityseeker78
    serenityseeker78 Posts: 21
    Any exercise, whether it's skipping, jumping, running, or hopping....it gets your body moving! I loved skipping as a kid, it would be a great way to get a smile too ;)
  • Christie23
    Christie23 Posts: 357 Member
    I'm sure it is... it's definitely cardio and it's super fun!! But I have no idea how to calculate a recipe in order to add it to the database
  • lenwie
    lenwie Posts: 240
    Is skipping a good exercise? I've been told that it is, but MFP doesnt seem to recognise it as an exercise... Any ideas please?

    If I was doing skipping I would log under aerobic, depending on how hard/fast you are working general or intense
  • LG61820
    LG61820 Posts: 372 Member
    Thanks for bringing this topic up. . .I'm definately gonna add some skipping to my noontime walk today!
  • erickirb
    erickirb Posts: 12,294 Member
    skipping is one of the best cardio exercises. You can look at other sites to get an estimate of calories burned, then enter it into your MFP database.
  • briar_rose
    briar_rose Posts: 149 Member
    Skipping is an amazing exercise..it's funny that they have cleaning as an exercise but not skipping??
  • sarrah2903
    sarrah2903 Posts: 15
    Skipping is a really good form or cardio. You can find it under jump rope on the database.

    I've got a skipping rope that calculates the kcals you burn during your workout using your weight, and all I can say is that it says I'm burning more than I would when I run.
  • 12by311
    12by311 Posts: 1,716 Member
    I make my basketball team do high skips with arm reaches the length of the court sometimes during their conditioning. Trust me, it works them. :)
  • Christie23
    Christie23 Posts: 357 Member
    I think I might skip for awhile today since I read this. Thanks!! :flowerforyou:
  • BerryH
    BerryH Posts: 4,698 Member
    It's in the MFP exercise list - search for jumping rope instead.

    Thanks, I'm inspired to get my skipping rope out, it's currently dangling over my exercise bike!
  • AlwaysWanderer
    AlwaysWanderer Posts: 641 Member
    Skipping is a really good form or cardio. You can find it under jump rope on the database.

    I've got a skipping rope that calculates the kcals you burn during your workout using your weight, and all I can say is that it says I'm burning more than I would when I run.
    Never thought to check under jump rope... Thanks! Gonna go skipping tonight then :D Havent done it since I was about 10, so should be interesting :laugh:
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