skip-hop have produced skipping workout and skipping workshops programs, carefully designed to improve your levels of fitness, agility, coordination and general health. If you think about it, can it be a coincidence that almost all professional sportsmen and women use skipping as part of their daily workout routine.

Physical benefits of skipping

Skipping will help improve cardio-respiratory (heart and lungs) fitness (or stamina), flexibility, co-ordination, balance, rhythm and symmetry. It is both aerobic and anaerobic. It can be a high-impact exercise and is therefore an extremely efficient way of building bones and toning thighs, hips, calves and gluteus maximus (bottom). Jumping increases levels of calcium, thus helping to prevent osteoporosis. The Osteoporosis Society recommends 2 to 5 minutes of skipping every day to help prevent osteoporosis. For more information regarding skipping and osteoporosis visit the skip-hop website

Mental benefits of skipping

A high level of coordination is needed to be able to skip to a reasonable level. To skip for a continuous period without stopping requires cross-lateral ambi-dexterity and a very high level of fitness. Both sides of the brain, both sides of the body. So, as you will read, statistically, skipping burns twice as many calories as walking. But equally important is the fact that it is a serious laugh. It makes you feel like a young kid again. I defy any one to start skipping without spontaneously breaking into a smile. For more information regarding skipping health benefits for the brain visit the skip-hop website

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