Skip-it?

RocheleLynn
RocheleLynn Posts: 265 Member
in Fitness and Exercise
Has anyone ever used a Skip-It to increase their cardio? I thought about buying a jump rope for home but I thought a Skip-It would be fun! :)

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  • RocheleLynn
    RocheleLynn Posts: 265 Member
    I spend an hour at the gym each night... doing things like the elliptical, stair stepper, weights and resistance bands.. I just thought it would be fun to do something at home too!
  • cecilia0909
    cecilia0909 Posts: 188 Member
    I think a skip-it would be awesome!
  • RocheleLynn
    RocheleLynn Posts: 265 Member
    Actually I want to do more cardio when I get home so I can lose more weight. I don't want to spend hours upon hours in the gym after teaching all day- I'd like to get home to my family.

    Clean and Jerks, Snatches, thrusters, front squats = not true cardio. I mean unless your doing them while your running haha
  • Gargwin82
    Gargwin82 Posts: 152 Member
    I haven't thought of about skip its in years. I know I was able to work up a sweat when I was 8 I couldn't imagine now nearing 30. I'd be happy if the thing fit around my ankle and didn't get stuck LOL. It sounds like a blast to me.
  • therealangd
    therealangd Posts: 1,861 Member
    Whatever gets you moving. I bet it would be fun.

    And duh. Of course I do cardio to eat more.
  • arewethereyet
    arewethereyet Posts: 18,702 Member
    Hi! Edited to give a fresh start to a new thread. (sorry-as an MFP Moderator)

    I think Skip it would be a ball!! I love my jumprope and have been known to take a pc of chalk and make a hop scotch board on the driveway.

    Whatever gets your HR up and is fun at the same time is awesome!!:flowerforyou:
  • littlemegzz
    littlemegzz Posts: 292 Member
    I just watched a skip ad on youtube to see what it was. It is soo funny - the clothes, the hairstyles and ohh the music.

    Find it here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-8B0PfV2R0I
  • LilacDreamer
    LilacDreamer Posts: 1,364 Member
    skip was super fun..until it smacked you in the shin and then it hurt like a *****.
  • xtinalovexo
    xtinalovexo Posts: 1,376 Member
    I love the idea of a skip it! I will do anything fun... I had 4 wheel roller skates and a razor scooter.

    Why not a skip it? And then a pogo stick! :)
  • lizard053
    lizard053 Posts: 2,344 Member
    Hey, athletes jump rope for exercise. They work well. I think a skip it would be a great blast and would get you to work up a sweat. I say go for it!
  • tehzephyrsong
    tehzephyrsong Posts: 435 Member
    Aww, now I miss my Skip-It! Ah, to be seven years old again, tripping over a plastic cord attached to a weight that would invariably smack me in the leg after I let my concentration slip and lost the rhythm. Those were good days.
  • JillyBean819
    JillyBean819 Posts: 313 Member
    Awesome idea! I think I still have my pink Skip It that I used to play with in grade school. I'm totally going to look for it today. Thanks for the great idea!
  • JillyBean819
    JillyBean819 Posts: 313 Member
    Aww, now I miss my Skip-It! Ah, to be seven years old again, tripping over a plastic cord attached to a weight that would invariably smack me in the leg after I let my concentration slip and lost the rhythm. Those were good days.

    Yes! Omg that ball on the end hurt!
  • Kendrawinn
    Kendrawinn Posts: 160
    LOL... that sound like so much fun. Make it a circut with other toys.

    Skip it- 25 each leg
    Hoola hoop- 2 min
    Jump rope- 2 min
    Hop scotch- 2 min

    How fun is that!!
  • 2fit4fat
    2fit4fat Posts: 559 Member
    How funny I was just looking these up the other day.. i miss my old one!!
  • farmerstan
    farmerstan Posts: 18
    i tried using one a few years back had to cut it off my foot would not slide back off.
  • muwchck
    muwchck Posts: 261 Member
    I bet that would be so much fun, and a great way to do some cardio at home with the kiddos. I wish I still had mine now. Might have to see if I can find another one.
  • suztheq
    suztheq Posts: 168 Member
    LOL... that sound like so much fun. Make it a circut with other toys.

    Skip it- 25 each leg
    Hoola hoop- 2 min
    Jump rope- 2 min
    Hop scotch- 2 min

    How fun is that!!

    That sounds awesome! I think I need to make a run to the toy store!
  • XXXMinnieXXX
    XXXMinnieXXX Posts: 3,459 Member
    Sounds great fun if nothing else! X
  • CrazyAdventure
    CrazyAdventure Posts: 113 Member
    omg I miss those things! you should do it. it would be so awesome
  • miss_sarcastic
    miss_sarcastic Posts: 131
    skip was super fun..until it smacked you in the shin and then it hurt like a *****.

    this^...for real. Ha ha.
  • thinnerisstronger
    thinnerisstronger Posts: 124 Member
    That's a great idea! Sounds like a good way to shake things up. I'm gonna hit Toys R Us next weekend.
  • MinnieOnCam
    MinnieOnCam Posts: 1 Member
    It's wonderful this thread was here. I know it's 2023, but I'm vividly remember the only reason I went outside as a kid was to use my knock-off dollar store skip because my mother thought it was too expensive.

    but spent money on those devil sticks. that you would bounce back and forth.

    They remade the jump rope, I think they could remake the skip-it and make it for adults as a cardio product maybe even add Bluetooth.

    Especially with how the mini stepper has boomed on social media it was a thing my mother would do with her VHS workout tape.
  • journey2ahealthierme
    journey2ahealthierme Posts: 50 Member
    edited November 2023
    (Goes off to Google 'skip-its', but loves the idea of a kiddies play workout)

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