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pros cons jumping rope exercise
A 19-year-old female asked:

Dr. Heidi Fowler answered
25 years experience Psychiatry
Aerobic: Exercise.

Dr. Gary Sandler answered
54 years experience Dentistry
Can be either: Anaerobic exercise is an exercise intense enough to trigger Lactic Acid formation. It is not the specific exercise but the degree of exertions, etc. T ... Read More
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A 41-year-old member asked:

Dr. Ankush Bansal answered
17 years experience Internal Medicine
Yes: It's a good aerobic exercise.
A 31-year-old member asked:

Dr. Jeffrey Kass answered
28 years experience Podiatry
Good excercise : But, i think you should do it outside with shoes on.

Dr. Arnold Beresh answered
41 years experience Podiatry
Yes: Jumping rope is a good cardiovascular exercise. You may want to protect your feet by wearing your shoes.
A 18-year-old female asked:

Dr. Sandra Pinkham answered
53 years experience Holistic Medicine
Listen to your body: If you do a gentle pretend jump roping, like skipping rope, slowly, you will get good movement that will stimulate blood flow in even 30 seconds. That ... Read More
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A 45-year-old member asked:

Dr. Heidi Fowler answered
25 years experience Psychiatry
Spot fat loss does: not occur naturally. However this may help to tone muscles.
A female asked:

Dr. Robert Killian answered
28 years experience General Practice
Myths: Nope. That would be a false myth with no possibility of truth to it.
A 29-year-old member asked:

Dr. Robert Palumbo answered
35 years experience Sports Medicine
Yes: Calisthenics often involve simple exercises, usually using ones own body weight in an often rhythmic motion, that can increase both strength and aerob ... Read More
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A 21-year-old female asked:

Dr. Jeffrey Kass answered
28 years experience Podiatry
Your abortion in : 2012 is over. Unless you had some sort of complication that you neglected to tell us...it's over and done with.......
Do whatever excercise you want ... Read More
A 34-year-old member asked:

Dr. S. Smiley Thakur answered
31 years experience Nephrology and Dialysis
Nope: Not from rope. Or any other activity (except extreme contact activities i.e. Punches to the kidneys).
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A 30-year-old member asked:

Dr. William Nall answered
15 years experience Sports Medicine
Maybe: If it causes you to lose weight then yes it might. If not then no.
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