JUMP ROPE CHALLENGE HOW TO

If they’re too short, you need a longer rope. If the tops of the handles reach your armpits, your rope is sized correctly.

JUMP ROPE CHALLENGE HOW TO

Here’s how to ensure your rope is the right size: Grab a handle in each hand, step one foot into the middle of the rope, and pull the handles up to your chest so that they’re even with each other, says Mosbarger. All you need is a properly sized rope, an appropriate surface, comfortable clothes, and a little beginner know-how on proper form. You don’t need any baseline skills to jump rope. And while jumping rope can be a great workout on its own, you can also use it as a warm-up or cooldown before weight training, or intersperse it with bodyweight exercises in an interval-style workout, says Mosbarger. How you choose to wield the rope is, of course, totally up to you. Still others use the jump rope as a creative outlet by experimenting with more unique, dancelike movements, Mosbarger explains. Some people, for example, jump rope at a fast pace as a way to train for speed and agility, while others focus on jump rope moves like the double-under (jumping up and swinging the rope under your feet twice before you land again) to develop explosive power.

Jump rope challenge