As a personal trainer certified by the American Council on Exercise, I believe the best gift you could give someone is the ...

Before you jump into this exercise, it's important to build the proper foundation of strength and conditioning.

A local group of jump ropers are headed to Japan to compete in the 2025 World Jump Rope Championships. The team is called the Super Skippers, a competitive jump rope team based out of the Northwest ...

I don’t think any of us were ready for the ceiling to open up and witness a celestial being descend upon the crowd in a shower of neon rainbow lights and pulsing bass drum kicks,” I wrote in 2016 for ...

Jumping rope and running offer excellent aerobic benefits for fitness. For a quick 10-minute session, jumping rope engages more muscles and burns calories faster. Running, however, is more accessible ...

Doylestown, Pa -- Zach Peckman is 16 years old and already making a name for himself in the international jump rope community. Peckman, who specializes in the speed category, remembers becoming ...

What started as two friends revisiting a childhood pastime has become a movement that brings thousands of people together. Tanisha Rinehardt says it began with a simple idea. "It started with a high ...

LA Times Studios may earn commission from purchases made through our links. Jumping rope has always been one of the simplest, most effective forms of cardio. It’s cheap, portable, and proven to ...

On a 90-degree July afternoon inside a karate studio in West Seattle, there was no AC, just a handful of struggling box fans. That wasn't slowing down the 44 kids, aged 7 to 17, who whipped ropes ...

Zach Peckman, a 16-year-old jump rope champion from New Hope, was introduced to the sport in kindergarten during the Jump Rope for Heart fitness program. But after seeing a gymnastics-style jumping ...

Cardio is more than just running laps or hopping on a bike. It's any movement that gets your heart pumping, your body sweating and your energy levels soaring. Whether you're chasing a weight loss goal ...

The 2025 World Jump Rope Championships are underway, with the fastest rope-skippers and Double Dutch masters converging in Kawasaki, Japan. The World Championships, which will be administered by the ...