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3KIPPING

4HERE ARE A NUMBER OF REASONS WHY YOU SHOULD MAKE SKIPPING AN

ESSENTIAL PART OF YOUR TRAINING REGIME
)MPROVES CO ORDINATION 3KIPPING GETS UPPER AND LOWER BODY TO CO

ORDINATE MOVEMENTS A CRUCIAL FACTOR IN BOXING

!LLOWS AEROBIC AND ANAEROBIC TRAINING 9OU OR YOUR INSTRUCTOR MAKE
THE CHOICE OF WHAT LEVEL OF EXERTION TO TRAIN AT

)NCREASES JOINT STRENGTH AND AS IN MOST REBOUNDING EXERCISES IMPROVES
BONE DENSITY

)NCREASES LEG POWER AND ENDURANCE
4ONES MUSCLE AND REDUCES FAT

"ENElCIAL EVEN WHEN USED IN SHORT PERIODS )F YOU INTEND TO BOX FOR

MINUTE ROUNDS THEN INTENSIVE SKIPPING IN MINUTE BURSTS WITH SHORT
RESTS IN BETWEEN MAKES SENSE

#ONSIDERATIONS ARE

LENGTH MATERIAL AND QUALITY OF ROPE

SURFACE

FOOTWEAR

2OPES

4HERE ARE NUMEROUS DIFFERENT TYPES OF ROPES BUT FOR TRAINING ) WOULD
RECOMMEND A LEATHER ROPE A 06# SPEED ROPE OR A HEAVY ROPE COMPOSED

OF BEADS OR RUBBER OR PLASTIC TUBING 7ITH ALL ROPES GET THEM PROPERLY SIZED
lG -OST STARTERS NEED A ROPE THEY CAN STAND ON WITH THE LEADING
FOOT WHERE THE HANDLES REACH THE ARMPITS %XTREMELY TALL PEOPLE MAY