Health Benefits: Strengthens the heart, Strengthens muscles, Builds strong bones, Promotes healthy body mass, Develops skills such as agility, balance, coordination, timing, and rhythm.

Jumping rope for 10 minutes burns about 125 calories – or 750 calories per hour! Ten minutes of jumping rope is as effective as 30 minutes of jogging. The more you jump the more calories you burn.

Remember it’s not just the energy we spend being active that is important, but also what energy we put in our bodies. To be healthy, we need to balance the energy we put in our bodies in the form of food and drinks with the amount of energy we spend exercising.