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How Skipping Rope helps in Weight loss

Skipping is always underestimated as a transformational workout, however, our expert Junaid Akhtar tells how the rope skipping can do wonders and transform your overall health during the lockdown.

health benefits of Skipping rope
health benefits of Skipping rope

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Published : May 31, 2020, 4:31 PM IST

What piece of exercise equipment could we use during the lockdown, which is easy to find and fits in at a small place, like in a bag as well? And using it for 15-20 minutes burns more calories? The answer to it is a rope.

Skipping rope/Jumping rope is a great exercise, it improves our cardiovascular health as well. You’d have to run a lot of extra miles to burn calories, then you’d burn to jump a rope. You can use a calorie counter to track the number of calories you’d need to burn, depending on the individual goal. Jumping rope helps in many ways, some of them are:

  • Tones your calf muscle
  • Works on your core
  • Increases breathing capacity
  • Improves your stamina

Skipping rope/Jumping rope not only helps you in burning extra calories, but it’s great in the form of a full-body workout as well.

Skipping rope/Jumping rope alone won’t help you in cutting down extra weight. It should be followed by a proper diet and exercise to boost metabolism, which eventually helps you in dropping the extra pounds faster.

health benefits of Skipping rope

Additional health benefits of Skipping rope

Skipping rope/Jumping rope doesn’t only reduce your weight, it has some other health benefits as well-

Improves heart health- Skipping rope/Jumping rope boosts your heart rate. Doing this exercise daily makes your heart stronger that reduces your risk to stroke and other heart diseases.

Improves your balance- Practicing this daily will improve your balance and coordination. Resulting in inconsistency as well.

Reduces your belly fat- HIIT workouts like Skipping rope/Jumping rope, help you in reducing belly fat. It also tightens your abs without going for dieting.

So, start Skipping rope/Jumping rope, if looking to lose the extra pounds you have put on due to a sedentary lifestyle. why waiting for gyms to open if a rope can do wonders.

Skipping ropebenefits are curated by our Expert, Junaid Akhtar, ACE CPT certified trainer, and Nutrition expert.

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