Health Benefits of Working out on Skipping Rope
The fast-paced life has restricted the movement of the body and has confined the area to the chair for long hours at a stretch and staring at the glaring screens of tablets, smartphones, iPads and laptops.
Along with all these, unhealthy food habits have added to the factor, which gifted mankind with numerous diseases like diabetes, cholesterol and obesity.
Thus to avoid these unwelcoming diseases, people have started growing health awareness worldwide, resulting in the growth of the global healthcare and fitness market.
Technavio’s market research analyst predicts the global fitness equipment market to grow steadily at a CAGR of around 4% from 2016 to 2020.
The overall Indian healthcare market is worth around US$ 100 billion and is expected to grow to US$ 280 billion by 2020, a Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of 22.9 percent.
There are people who have enough time to take gym classes, yoga classes or participate in other fitness programs but there exists a parallel world, where people do not have enough time.
For people like them, there are easy remedies or easy ways to cut that muffin top from the belly, it is called the skipping rope.
Here are a few benefits of skipping rope workout:
Improves Heart Health:
Skipping is regarded as one of the best cardio exercises, which helps in keeping the heart healthy.
A healthy heart pumps more oxygen into the bloodstreams and collects carbon dioxide from each cell of the body, thus the blood circulation improves as well as improves the condition of lungs and builds stamina.
Tones the Muscles:
Skipping not only tones the muscles of the thighs, calf muscles, but also of the upper body.
The continuous movement of the arms, abdomen, and shoulder, helps I toning the muscles of the entire body.
In the initial days, the muscles might ache a bit because the muscles have been inactive for quite some time but as you regularly perform, the pain subsides.
Helps in Losing Weight:
Fitness experts say that bouncing a rope for 30 minutes can burn up to 300 calories.
They also say that working out on skipping rope for 15 minutes is equivalent to running for 45 minutes, thus one can do the math.
Sana Vidyalankar, founder of Soul-to-Sole Academy says, “Skipping is an extraordinary and simple approach to lose those additional calories. It is safer than jogging or running as you arrive on your toes while doing it, without affecting your knees severely."
Provides Glowing Skin:
The exercise involves a lot of sweat and helps in removing toxic substances from the body in the form of sweat.
Thus when one works out on skipping rope, he/she sweats profusely from all parts of the body as it is a full body work out.
Sweating removes the toxic substance and to hydrate one’s body, he/she drinks a lot of water, which gives a healthy glow to the skin.
Checks on Osteoporosis:
According to Dr. Gargi Sharma from Aayna Clinics, Delhi, Osteoporosis is a condition of fragile bones with an increased susceptibility to fracture.
Bones tend to lose the bone mass as one crosses the age of 35 and in case of female, it decreases post menopause.
Working out on skipping rope stimulates the bone in the femoral neck and helps strengthen it.
Skipping rope is the cheapest fitness equipment available in the market, which makes it affordable for everybody, who wants to be fit.
Moreover one can perform the exercise indoor as well as outdoor, but proper shoes are required to prevent foot injury.