Infographic: Health benefits of jumping rope
Related Posts
Comments
One Comment
About the Author
Kathleen Troher, health enews contributor, is manager of public affairs and marketing at Advocate Good Sheperd Hospital in Barrington. She has more than 20 years of journalism experience, with her primary focus in the newspaper and magazine industry. Kathleen graduated from Columbia College in Chicago, earning her degree in journalism with an emphasis on science writing and broadcasting. She loves to travel with her husband, Ross. They share their home with a sweet Samoyed named Maggie.
This assumes, of course, that you know *how* to jump rope. Wonder of wonders, I never learned. Nor did I learn to play jacks, marbles, or hopscotch (I grew up in a neighborhood without kids my own age, and my family came from eastern Europe — there’s no tradition of kids jumping rope there). My mother figured that as long as I was happily sitting in a corner with a book and occasionally rode my bike, she didn’t need to worry about me getting into trouble. She was mostly right about that but also kind of wrong. To this day, I can’t jump rope and I’m not a fan of exercise for its own sake; I’d still rather read a book. So thanks, but no thanks — I’ll go back to long walks and riding my bike.