Jump Rope: Heart Health Ally
Some of the benefits of cardio include improving your cardiovascular health. This is why studies have shown that jumping rope can lower your heart rate, improve heart function, lower cholesterol level, and overall reduced the risk of heart disease.
- Skipping rope 10 minutes a day for 6 weeks
improves cardiovascular fitness the same as jogging for 30 minutes daily during the same period.
- According to doctors, 30 minutes of aerobic exercise like jump roping 5 days a week can reduce a person’s risk for cardiovascular diseases significantly.
- Skipping rope for 5 minutes a day, 5 days/week, for 4 weeks reduced mean pulse rate during training by 13.7%
- 12 weeks of jump rope exercises resulted in a 4.5% decrease in heart rate in prehypertensive teen girls.
- Teen girls reduced their systolic blood pressure by 4.8-5% by jumping rope for 12 weeks.
- Triglyceride level was reduced by 32.8% after 12 weeks of jump rope workout.
- Cardiovascular endurance improved by 10.33% after 7 weeks of jump rope training.