How you can skip your way to health

You can break up your workout, it's high intensity, builds bone mass and is good for the heart

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Somewhere along the way, the skipping rope has been relegated to child's play, or your storeroom.

Furthermore, with the birth of many innovative types of exercise equipment, a skipping rope is probably the last thing on your mind when you decide to work out.

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A version of this article appeared in the print edition of The Sunday Times on May 06, 2018, with the headline How you can skip your way to health. Subscribe