JUMP ROPE!

mrsjennifermaffei
mrsjennifermaffei Posts: 469
edited October 2024 in Fitness and Exercise
WOW, just looked at how many calories you burn by jumping rope and I HAD to buy a nice jump rope.
I know I can come up with a bunch of jump rope time throughout my boring days...such a short amount of time to really burn up those calories, I'm excited. I'm going to try 30 minutes a day in addition to my 30DS.

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  • Jeff92se
    Jeff92se Posts: 3,369 Member
    I do about 30 min and it's killer! I still have trouble going 2 min at a shot before getting gassed.
  • L2M1D52
    L2M1D52 Posts: 616 Member
    I love jump rope!
  • mrsjennifermaffei
    mrsjennifermaffei Posts: 469
    I do about 30 min and it's killer! I still have trouble going 2 min at a shot before getting gassed.

    Ya but you are doing it and logging those minutes! I'm surely not going to do 30mins non-stop. I can tell that right away lol.
  • Jeff92se
    Jeff92se Posts: 3,369 Member
    On here, it estimates 30 min is worth 409 calories.
  • techymum
    techymum Posts: 168
    Just got home from my skipping rope class!!! What an incredible cardio work out you can get in two minute increments!!! I feel so uncoordinated, but each week am getting a bit stronger/better. My shin hurts tonight, tho, we had one marathon skip to try and go five minutes. Didn't make it, but tried.
  • AZTrailRunner
    AZTrailRunner Posts: 1,199 Member
    It took me a few weeks to work up to 40 continuous minutes. I burned a lot of calories at first, but as I got better, the cals dropped. I ended up burning only 300 for 30 minutes. I can burn almost twice as much in the same time with a nice hilly run.

    It's great exercise. Go for it!!! :smile:
  • shreddin_mama
    shreddin_mama Posts: 1,076 Member
    sounds like a good plan
  • ShaeDetermined
    ShaeDetermined Posts: 1,525 Member
    It took me a few weeks to work up to 40 continuous minutes. I burned a lot of calories at first, but as I got better, the cals dropped. I ended up burning only 300 for 30 minutes. I can burn almost twice as much in the same time with a nice hilly run.

    It's great exercise. Go for it!!! :smile:

    You are a monster!!!
    I insert 2minute bursts (jump rope, push ups and jumping jacks) between strength training sets to keep my heartrate up.
    I have never gone beyond 10-minutes straight of jumping rope though.
    wow.
  • significance
    significance Posts: 436 Member
    10 minutes is all I can manage. And even then, I have sore calf muscles the next day! And it's not as though I don't use my legs much normally - I do over an hour of cycling and 45 minutes of hill-walking just about every day.
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