I'm always hearing excuses about people not having time to workout, blah, blah, blah. Well, I'm not going to get into the strength training part of it. Since 90% of Americans think cardio is walking on a treadmill, I thought I would save them some time. You can run on a treadmill for 30minutes and burn a decent amount of calories. However, the lifetime of joint aches and knee pains is not worth it. In a third of the time you can do one exercise in burn just as many calories. 10 minutes of jump rope is equal to 30 minutes of jogging 7.0 mph on the treadmill. There is a reason you see athletes jumping rope frequently. Jumping rope helps build agility and foot quickness. One common examples is boxers. They want to be light and quick on their feet, hence the tremendous reps of jump rope they do.
So next time your bored and want something different aside from running on the treadmill, pick up a rope. You'll be surprised just how tough lasting on it is.
Until next time, have a great week!
Best,
Doug Spurling, NSCA-CPT
dspurling@une.du
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