{"id":700,"date":"2021-07-29T12:03:51","date_gmt":"2021-07-29T12:03:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ultimatehealthreport.com\/how-to-jump-rope-like-a-boxer\/"},"modified":"2021-07-29T12:03:51","modified_gmt":"2021-07-29T12:03:51","slug":"how-to-jump-rope-like-a-boxer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ultimatehealthreport.com\/how-to-jump-rope-like-a-boxer\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Jump Rope Like a Boxer"},"content":{"rendered":"
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With our archives now 3,500+ articles deep, we\u2019ve decided to republish a classic piece each Sunday to help our newer readers discover some of the best, evergreen gems from the past. This article was originally published in January 2019.\u00a0<\/em>\n<\/p>\n When you think about boxers\u2019 workouts \u2014 when you mentally run through all the real life preparation they put in before a fight, as well as all the cinematic training montages you can remember\u00a0\u2014 one exercise probably comes most readily to mind: jumping rope.\n<\/p>\n Boxers, from bare-knuckle brawlers like John L. Sullivan to modern champs like Manny Pacquiao, have indeed made jumping rope a big part of their training regimens throughout the long history of the sweet science. And with good reason: the benefits of this exercise abound.\n<\/p>\n If you\u2019re not planning on climbing into a ring anytime soon, you probably don\u2019t think of jump roping very often; to get in your cardio or HIIT workouts, you\u2019re more likely to mount some machine at the gym. Maybe that\u2019s because you associate jumping rope with elementary school, think you\u2019re too clumsy to do it effectively, remember it being overly monotonous, or feel like it\u2019s too high impact an exercise for your older or heavier body.\n<\/p>\n Today we\u2019ll show you how those objections can be overcome, and why you ought to train like a fighter by incorporating the jump rope into your workout routine.\n<\/p>\n Jumping rope builds your fitness, athletic skills, and even your mindset in ways few other exercises can match. When you look at the list of benefits below, it\u2019s easy to see why boxers are particularly keen on this form of training, but these are advantages the average guy surely wants to develop as well:\n<\/p>\n Beyond these physiological benefits, jumping rope is a super cheap and portable exercise \u2014 you can do it almost anywhere \u2014 and incredibly versatile to boot; with hundreds of variations in techniques, patterns, and progressions, it\u2019s a workout you can keep perennially fresh.\n<\/p>\n The first step in getting into jumping rope is to choose a rope to use. There are two big considerations in making this decision:\n<\/p>\nThe Benefits of Jumping Rope<\/u><\/h3>\n
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