Jump Rope WisdomCard™
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Research Notes on Jump Rope
A jump rope is the primary tool used in the game of skipping played by children and many young adults, where one or more participants jump over a spinning rope so that it passes under their feet and over their heads. This may consist of one participant turning and jumping the rope, or a minimum of three participants taking turns, two of which turn the rope while one or more jumps. ...read more from Wikipedia
Fast Facts:
- It is a great cardiovascular exercise.1
- It burns about 750 calories/hour.2
- A world record of 50,000 people simultaneously jumped rope for 30 seconds in the Netherlands in October 2006.3
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Research Notes References
- ↑ iVillage (via YourTotalHealth): The Jump Rope Workout
- ↑ CBS Interactive Inc.: Just Jump And Burn Calories
- ↑ Wikipedia: Jump Rope
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- Contributor: Madeleine Paladar
- Reviewer: Elisa Carter
- Supervised by: The OrganizedWisdom Physician Review Team
- Last update: Oct. 15, 2009
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- Contributor: Madeleine Paladar
- Reviewer: Elisa Carter
- Supervised by: The OrganizedWisdom Physician Review Team
- Redirects: JUMPING ROPE, Skipping Rope, Skip Rope
- Last update: Jul. 19, 2008
Each WisdomCard is handcrafted by our team of physician-guided health advocates. Our goal is to make it easy for you to find the most useful health resources for any health topic by filtering out spam and bad links.
