Jump Rope Videos

Here on JRV we tend to focus a lot more on the sport of Jump Rope rather than jumping rope as a training tool for other sports. However, there are probably many more people that jump rope strictly for exercise than there are people who compete in jump rope tournaments. Jump Rope is an excellent training tool for all other sports. Boxers in particular love to use jump rope as part of their training. It’s quite simply the best exercise there is. It’s great for improving foot work and for conditioning arms and legs. Not to mention that it burns calories crazy fast.

This is a great video of a workout by Boxing expert Ross Enamait from RossTraining.com. In the article that accompanies this video, Ross gives some nice tips on rope selection. He suggests using wrist weights instead of weighted ropes. He also breaks down some of the tricks he does in the video. The aesthetics of these tricks aren’t important. This isn’t a jump rope tournament or a performance. The goal is to get an intense workout, not to make it look pretty. I don’t think I’ve seen a jump rope workout more intense than this.

This is guaranteed to melt some fat in a hurry:

For a long time there has been a strong link between jumping rope and boxing. Jump rope is an excellent cross training and conditioning tool for nearly any sport. Boxers like it because it also helps with their agility and coordination. Undefeated boxing champ Floyd Mayweather Jr. uses jump rope as part of his workout out routine. This jump rope video from Expert Village talks a little about why jumping rope is an important part of any boxers workout.

As you know, jump rope is an excellent exercise. Many people workout with a jump rope to lose weight. I’ve seen it claimed that you can burn up to 1000 calories an hour by jumping rope. That’s probably only realistic if you weigh 220 lbs. You can find out how many calories you burn based on your weight and the time you spend jumping using this nifty calories burned estimator from healthstatus.com. To lose one pound you must burn 3,500 calories more than you take in.

Jump Rope is also used heavily as a cross training tool for other sports. Many professional athletes use jump rope to improve their endurance, agility, and coordination. Boxing is probably the most often cited example of a sport that uses jump rope as part of it’s training regimen. Even undefeated boxing champ Floyd Mayweather Jr. jumps rope as seen in this video: