If you thought that running 26.2 miles was physically hard, try going 12 rounds in the ring. And what do professional pugilists always do when they’re training? Yep, skipping. Because what started off ...

A local group of jump ropers are headed to Japan to compete in the 2025 World Jump Rope Championships. The team is called the Super Skippers, a competitive jump rope team based out of the Northwest ...

Building up to short and intense cardio sessions is an excellent way to burn fat. When the jump rope workout is very intense and leaves you short on breath, you go into a state of EPOC (Excess ...

Doylestown, Pa -- Zach Peckman is 16 years old and already making a name for himself in the international jump rope community. Peckman, who specializes in the speed category, remembers becoming ...

Rohingya refugee children find a place to hang out and play amid the construction at the refugee camp outside of Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh. In a refugee camp in Bangladesh, children jump rope with ...

In a refugee camp in Bangladesh, children jump rope with chains of rubber bands. In wartime Gaza, kids fly kites made from discarded parachutes. And in Ukraine, youngsters tussle in make-believe war, ...

For decades, a rope swing tucked along the cliffs of D.L. Bliss State Park drew thrill-seekers of all kinds to Lake Tahoe. This wasn’t just any rope tied to a tree — it dangled from a massive pine ...

On a 90-degree July afternoon inside a karate studio in West Seattle, there was no AC, just a handful of struggling box fans. That wasn't slowing down the 44 kids, aged 7 to 17, who whipped ropes ...

The 2025 World Jump Rope Championships are underway, with the fastest rope-skippers and Double Dutch masters converging in Kawasaki, Japan. The World Championships, which will be administered by the ...

A man is believed to have died after jumping into the Russian River and disappearing, the Sonoma County Sheriff’s Office said. Shortly after 5:30 p.m. Saturday, deputies responded to the Hacienda ...