Be Well: Incorporating Jump Rope Into Your Cardio Routine

<div class="block">If you&#39;re getting bored with your current cardio routine consider taking up jump rope. In this beWell segment, Shannon LaNier found out why the jump rope has become a go-to tool for boxers and how they take advantage of its benefits.</div>

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I should have wore better socks. Ok, Peter. You are a professional boxer and I always see boxers, jump roping. Why is it such a good routine for cardio? Oh, it's good for your, um, footwork. Um, your coordination, it's good for your lungs. It's good for your overall fitness is a great routine, basically. And that's why everyone does it. What about people who are, like, I got bad knees or joints and stuff like that? Is it easier than running? A? Yeah, it's a lot easier. You're not running on the pavement. You have to run that impact, you know, every minute basically. And, you know, depending on where you do it. Um, if you're doing it on a padded surface it's gonna be beneficial to you. Be easy on your knees. Ok. I'm gonna start out. I just start with a basic, yeah. Nice and slow. Control your breathing, control your heart rate. Uh, when you get comfortable with that you could add, add some variations to it. What are your variations? You could, I've turned the ropes around twice. Now, why do you jump? Oh, what do I do when I mess up? Just restart, restart. Like life just rest. Now, what part of my foot should I be landing on? I just, depending on what you're doing, all of your feet here. What are you doing now? Ok. And then when, when, when that becomes easier, then you could try and bring your feet in front a relationship right now. How long would you say is a good amount of time for a cardio routine as a beginner? I just start with 33 minute rounds, you know, and then you could move up from that because it is, it is very challenging and you have to focus like you'll get your, your coordination together. What about, what about a circuit? Do you suggest like a circuit where you do a bunch really fast and then you just slow down like in the train. It's just like you, you do sprints, then you jog or you stop and you walk where you, you know, you jump in nice steady and I said you could just do that. You can raise your knees up. Now, my knees, I said, try to bring it up to your chest, makes it a lot harder. What's some other advice you can give to people who are just starting out with jump roping? Uh Just start slow, take your time and build up gradually. Basically. Don't try and do too, too many things at once basically. And the good thing about the jump rope is they're fairly inexpensive. Yes. Now what if you don't have one? Oh, you still can't get one? Can you just do it? Yeah, you can just do this space. Just jump up. This is basically, but, you know, you could get one of those weighted ropes, you know, you could have some weights in your hands that will give you the same benefit you can use. Yeah. Yeah, like that, you know, that will give you, you know, get you ready for it and I'm just jumping up and down any idea how many calories someone can burn by. Just jump roping. Um, about 300 for how long? Um, 45 minutes a candy bar.