When I couldn't run because the kids were always with me, Crossrope became a way to get my cardio fix — without leaving the house What It Is: Crossrope, an at-home jump rope workout Who Tried It: ...

When I was a kid, as far as I knew, jump roping was something my friends and I did on the sidewalk after school. But for many kids in the Triangle, it's their passion and sport. The region is a hotbed ...

Fitness is a hop, skip, and a jump away. (Chichi Onyekanne via Unsplash/) Jumping rope is super fun for kids with energy to burn. With just a simple rope, some music, and an active imagination, kids ...

The American Heart Association, advocates heart and brain health for all, recommends that kids and teens (ages six-17) get at least 60 minutes of moderate to vigorous physical activity every day.

Yes, that simple piece of material can become your best ally in reaching your weight goals and improving your fitness in a surprising and, dare I say, quite fun way! It's a favorite strategy among ...

Every day at recess, Azhnay Williams practices her cartwheels. But the fourth-grader at Lancaster's Wharton Elementary School isn't turning head-over-heels in an ordinary way. She's flipping through a ...

STEWARTVILLE — They say a flapping butterfly can affect the weather in another part of the globe. Imagine the impact of 400 elementary students all jumping rope on the same day. Central Intermediate ...

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 ...

SPRING LAKE, Mich. — In the basement of Spring Lake’s First Baptist Church, 85-year-old Newly Chadwick settles into his routine. “Gotta get them good and tight,” said Chadwick as he stretched strips ...

If “jump rope” conjures old-fashioned images of kids in a schoolyard skipping repetitively over a length of rope, you’ve never seen anything like the Kangaroo Kids. One rope, two ropes, passing ropes ...