I am a big believer in the idea that you don’t have to spend a fortune on exercise equipment to put together a home gym that can make you look like the Hulk or help you get shredded. Spending your money wisely on tried and true fitness equipment is the best way to make sure that you stretch your dollars and get the results that you want. One of the most effective pieces of equipment that I have ever come across for building a great body and getting your self into tip top condition is the weighted jump rope.
Using a weighted jump rope is an old school method of training that is highly effective. It also happens to be very painful and very difficult. For as little as $20 you can subject yourself to a level of torture that rivals just about any other form of exercise but will give you the stamina of a well conditioned MMA fighter.
A weighed jump rope has a couple of components that make it a great tool for wiping you into shape. One is that it helps get your heart rate sky high in a fairly short time. Think interval training, pushing you to a max heart rate and then recovering is a great way to build endurance.
Next, this is without a doubt a resistance exercise, in couple of ways. You are lifting weights when you pick up the jump rope but you are also swinging the jump rope which means that you have to control the centrifugal force of the swing. This is great exercise not only for the arms and shoulder but also for the core and many smaller stabilizer muscles that you often neglect.
Last but not least the plyometrics of jumping rope are great for coordination and explosive movement the is crucial for many sports.
A jump rope is great because it is easy to pack, it takes up almost no space in a suit case and it can be used just about anywhere. Using a weighted jump rope you can get an excellent workout in a very short amount of time.
There are a number of different training approaches that you can use with a weighted jump rope to achieve a number of different results. The only things that is true is that if you use one of these pieces of exercise equipment you will get results.
This is one investment that you can make into a home gym that will give you a major return on investment. This one piece of exercise equipment is amazing in its simplicity and painfully effective.
