FAQs

Here are answers to some of our most frequently asked questions

Losing weight is simple. Maybe not easy, but it’s simple. It’s more about HOW MUCH you should eat instead of what you should eat. The quality of food important for your health (you need macronutrients) but at the end of the day, weight loss (fat) loss comes from being in a sustained calorie deficit. Need more help? Check out this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kZrYf3yaQuM

Generally, we recommend doing two things:
1) Hit a three day split with the weights and get an intense jump rope session in for conditioning on your off days. 2) If you must skip on the days you lift, lift first then do your conditioning. Jump rope is likely to fatigue you, and if you lift while fatigued, you could increase your chance of injury.

It’s likely that your pain isn’t being caused by the jump rope, but rather by doing too much too soon. Any time you start a new activity, you need to ease into it. If you are brand new to jump rope, don’t try to do 5 round of HIIT your first day. Also, make sure you are warming up before exercise!
Tone it down. Start with 5-10 minutes a day (or even every other day). When you can complete this workout, move on to our free four-week challenge. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SMKV5KNQsbg
When the pain subsides, grab your rope and start nice and slow. Skip for a few minutes a day and if you start to feel pain, call it quits. Give your body another day or two to prepare and try again. Be patient!

Any time you start a new activity you are going to use muscles that you might use often. You’ll identify imbalances in your body, and you’ll need to adjust. The best thing you can do is reduce your volume and take nice a slow. Check out this video we did on Shin Splints https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gMr93YgLO_s

Calories burned is unique the individual, and it’s likely that you won’t burn the same number of calories even if you do the same workout twice. Jump rope has been cited in many articles ( https://www.thisisinsider.com/workouts-that-burn-the-most-calories-2018-4) for being VERY effective at burning calories, and we’ve done our research to back it up. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7f2b5LZ9IE0)

Everyone starts at a different place, and results take time. If you are consistently following our jump rope workouts and eating in a modest calorie deficit, YOU WILL get results, but we can’t tell you how long it will take; we talk about here. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UsEYoWEzH4I

We’re sorry, but jumping rope will NOT increase your height. Genetics determines your height, and as far as we know, you cannot safely modify genetics. Be patient, and you’ll grow as you mature but you can take a look at how jumping rope can help your posture and make you stand taller here. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KirCVV4tvD0

To size a rope, you should stand in the middle of it with one foot. Then ends of the rope (not including the handle) should come up to (about) the center of your chest. Check out our example right here. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PSL6EXD_hcs

We always use and suggest rope from crossrope.com because we honestly believe they are the best rope made. Their rope systems provide an experience that is like no other jump rope. The cables come out of the package with no memory, and the weight options are perfect. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5IFu7pSVLz0
Having a weighted cable allows you to FEEL the rope in the air. This feedback makes “finding your bounce” and perfecting your timing much more natural. We highly recommend the ¼ pound JRD rope or ½ pound Crossrope for anyone struggling when getting started.
If your Crossrope isn’t within your reach, any jump rope is better than no jump rope. Get your hands on what you can and get skipping. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=siGVehy6ycY

The jump rope is an extremely effective tool for burning lots of calories. When you pair it with a sustained calorie deficit (and balance macronutrient intake), you WILL burn fat. Unfortunately, there is absolutely no way to tell your body to target a particular area to burn fat. This is called “spot reduction,” and spot reduction is NOT POSSIBLE. If fat loss is your goal, get yourself into a mild calorie deficit and start exercising with your jump rope. You’ll lose fat in all the spots you like, but you can’t control the order.