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Once upon a time choosing a jump rope was easy … you had a choice between the beaded one or the leather one. Now, as rope jumping has grown in popularity for fitness and as a sport, you have seemingly endless varieties and styles of ropes to choose from.  In fact, we get calls and questions all the time from people who want help picking the right rope. Here are the questions to ask yourself before picking a jump rope: Will this jump rope be used indoors or outdoors?  …

"What's the best jump rope for CrossFit and double unders?" It's an important question, and one I get all the time when I'm teaching double under seminars. This article is intended as a comprehensive review of the top six jump ropes on the market for CrossFit based on my experience using the ropes, seeing them in action, and gathering feedback from the athletes using them.  While I highlight differences in the ropes in the review below, the truth is each one of these ropes wo …

When I started my first jump rope team back in the early 1990s Apple was still just a struggling computer company and jump rope was just a fringe activity practiced by kids on the playground and a few of us crazy jump rope competitors.  25 years later we have the app store, and jump rope has gone mainstream as fitness pros and researchers have discovered the  benefits of jump rope for everything from increasing bone density to improving memory.  Jump rope is now a core co …

Speed jump ropes have evolved in an amazing way the past 10 years. Back in the early 2000’s, there were only a few options. But then CrossFit discovered the benefits of double unders and the need for varied speed ropes reached the ears of manufactures.  Today you can find a huge assortment of speed ropes that are made to go faster and do double unders with greater efficiency. Back in 1998, we invented the first jump rope with the cable coming out at a 90 degree. Soon after …

When I started out with jump ropes as a fitness coach 20 years ago it was mostly a fringe sport limited to boxers and playgrounds. But in the last few years jump rope has gone mainstream. Celebrities have started incorporating jump rope into their fitness routines. CrossFit has spawned a whole new jump rope sport (double unders). And jump ropes hang in just about every gym in America. With all this growth, fitness companies have taken notice ... in a big way, developing jump ropes …