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It burns up to four times as many calories as jogging. It costs less than £10 to get started. And it can be done in the privacy of your own back garden. Welcome to a new fitness trend: skipping.
For many adults the energetic playground pastime will be only a distant childhood memory. But skipping has been enjoying something of a revival, and not just among youngsters.
Many adults are now skipping for fitness, whether at home or thanks to gym classes, workshops and websites.
It’s easy to see why sipping is popular.
And it improves flexibility, posture, balance and coordination.
Skipping Is Big In The US – And Now The UK
Already big in America, skipping as a fitness workout for grown-ups has now reached British shores. A spokesperson from the British Rope Skipping Association, said: “The skipping craze began as a fitness campaign in English schools a few years ago. Many schools then went on to start clubs for their pupils, and some are now successful in skipping competitions held nationally and internationally.
“Because of all this the parents have then become interested. We have had a great deal of interest from adults who either want to become BRSA skipping coaches or who want to skip to keep fit.”
A range of skipping clubs and classes take place across the country and many have seen an increase in membership. Aerobic sessions, such as boxercise or circuits, use skipping as part of the warm up or during the workout.
ThinqFitness also has a skipping for fitness video so you can skip to your heart’s content in your own home.
Skipping is a great express fitness workout
If you’re short of time because of a busy job, social life or family then you’ll find skipping will work for you because it doesn’t take long to complete an effective warm-up.
For Erica Morven it was the warm-up skipping section of a Glasgow boxing circuit class that sparked her interest in the new way to keep-fit. She said: “I found the skipping really exhausting to start with so I knew it must be good for me. But I really got into it and I now do it at home at least once a week. It’s a great way to keep fit if you don’t have much time.”
Mum-of-two Barbara McLean also found skipping the ideal solution to keeping fit after having her children. She said: “With two children to look after I needed a quick workout I could do while tied to the home in the evening. Skipping is ideal because I can do it in the back garden, it takes up just 20 minutes and it gives me an all-round workout.”
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