Beginner exercise

Rope Jumping

  • Conditioning
  • Coordination
  • Endurance

Technique

How to perform Rope Jumping

  1. Hold an end of the rope in each hand.
  2. Position the rope behind you on the ground.
  3. Raise your arms up and turn the rope over your head bringing it down in front of you.
  4. When it reaches the ground, jump over it.
  5. Find a good turning pace that can be maintained.
  6. Different speeds and techniques can be used to introduce variation.
  7. Rope jumping is exciting, challenges your coordination, and requires a lot of energy.

Programming relevance

Muscles involved

MuscleScoreRole
Soleus0.7Mover
External Oblique0.3Stabilizer
Rectus Abdominis0.3Stabilizer