Skipping for Exercise

Exercise? Awww – just Skip it!

SEPTEMBER 18, 2010

by coachdougbowers

OK – I’ve gotten a few comments about the workouts being too tricky, complicated or advanced. So I’m going back to “Old School” Back to the days when we thought ‘skipping’ was for girls. Well – as Fire Marshal Bill would say…” lemme tell ya sumptin’ !”  Today – skipping aint’ for no sissy’s. It’s been rediscovered as one of the best high impact, high intensity and calorie burning exercises you can do. As a comparison – an average 150 pound person, in ten minutes of skipping burns about 125 calories. To get a comparable rate you would have to walk briskly for 25 minutes, swim (non-stop) for 15 minutes or ride a stationary bike for 16 minutes. So turn up the juice and do some speed skipping, flip some tricks and that calorie burning will naturally increase..............

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