Jumping rope is a great way for people of any age to ramp up a workout and burn calories it also improves cardiovascular health, coordination, and agility.
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June 23, 2021
Pam Moore
THE WASHINGTON POST – If you think jumping rope is for “girls in their skirts, jumping on a playground”, Alysia Mattson suggested you reconsider. “It’s way more of a sport than that,” said the 28-year-old Seattle jump-rope maven. When she was without access to the gym and sick of Zoom workouts during shutdowns in April 2020, she bought one of the few pieces of fitness equipment that hadn’t sold out – a jump-rope.
Since then, Mattson has found camaraderie in the online jump-rope community, which she said has seen its numbers “skyrocket” since the pandemic started. In an email, public relations representative for the San Diego jump-rope manufacturer Rx Smart Gear Erica Brandelius said pandemic jump-rope sales increased by 30 per cent compared with the prior year. The Manhattan-based founder of Punk Rope Tim Haft, said its jump-rope sales grew by 145 per cent during the same time period.