If you haven't jumped rope since you were a kid, it's time to give it a whirl again, especially if you're lacking motivation to exercise. Fitness pros often recommend thinking about the activities you ...

Remember the good ol’ days when you could hit the playground for a little double Dutch with your friends? You’d laugh, sing a few rhymes about how Cinderella was dressed in yellow, then you’d head ...

Watching the videos for Super Monkey Ball: Banana Blitz makes us realize that the Wii is all about bringing people together and having fun. True, we already knew this but it never really sinks in ...

I enjoyed the article about the varieties of jump-ropes available [“Gear: Have Jump-Rope, Will Travel,” Oct. 22]. Our local jump-rope team, the Palpitating Panthers, has traveled to the AAU Junior ...

Want a fun, inexpensive way to get in shape? Try jumping rope. “It develops endurance, quickness or both, depending on how you train,” said Ken Solis, M.D., aka Dr. Jump, and author of “Ropics: The ...

The American Heart Association has, for more than 30 years, been bringing heart health awareness to kids in schools across the country via its Jump Rope for Heart event, which is revving up now at ...

CHICAGO -- Fitness influencer Rachel Jablow's following on Instagram has increased by leaps and bounds through the power of jump rope. Her business, Get Roped, is named after an exercise method she ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through the links below." Jumping rope is a fun form of exercise that you probably remember fondly of doing as a child, but, ...

The Tucson Twist-Its are teaming with USA Jump Rope to host a first-ever, all-star jump-rope workshop. The workshop, open to all ages, will be from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday. The private lessons, from ...