Jumping, skipping, and hopping exercises add fun and calorie-burning to any workout. That's because the explosiveness of the movements tends to work your muscles differently than regular resistance ...

Look straight ahead. Stand on the balls of your feet, heels bobbing, body loose. Now grab the handles, swing the rope and jump. How hard can it be? You did this in the third grade, right? But jumping ...

I remember skipping at the shopping center with my mother when I was a child and her teaching me some crazy rhyme that went something like this. Step on a crack / Break your mother’s back; Step on a ...

Jump around more at the gym and you can build speed and power. Plyometrics, also known as jump training, involves performing exercises in which the muscles exert a lot of force in short intervals, ...

Who dares jump in midlife? Me, although I did take a 45-year break from it. I last loved leaping aged six, skipping in the ...