Rope Jumping

Rope Jumping is a cardio exercise using other that trains the quadriceps.

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CardioOtherIntermediate

Primary muscles: Quadriceps

Secondary muscles: Calves, Hamstrings

How to do it

  1. Hold an end of the rope in each hand. Position the rope behind you on the ground. Raise your arms up and turn the rope over your head bringing it down in front of you. When it reaches the ground, jump over it. Find a good turning pace that can be maintained. Different speeds and techniques can be used to introduce variation.
  2. Rope jumping is exciting, challenges your coordination, and requires a lot of energy. A 150 lb person will burn about 350 calories jumping rope for 30 minutes, compared to over 450 calories running.

Track it with MyoAmigo

MyoAmigo pre-fills every set of the Rope Jumping from last time, charts your estimated 1RM trend so you can see strength move without testing a true max, and flags a stall with a concrete fix. It also credits this work toward your weekly Quadriceps volume on the MyoMap heatmap. New to the movement? Start with picking a working weight and progressive overload.

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