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Fitness Product of the Day - Reebok Weighted Speed Skipping Rope

Posted: 18/01/2010 at 08:48am by Rich Leigh, founder of Fat Free Fitness

I’ve been a personal trainer now for a number of years, and have used skipping as part of my sessions for as long as I can remember, both personally and with clients.

If like me, you’re not a huge fan of running medium-long distances, and instead prefer shorter, sharper workouts, skipping can work well alongside pretty much any exercise regime. It burns shed loads of calories, you don’t need a huge amount of space nor equipment to get going and it develops your hand eye co-ordination brilliantly.

To that end, I was ultra excited when Reebok said they’d send their take on the skipping rope to Fat Free Fitness HQ.

At £17.95, you’d expect something good from Reebok, and I certainly hoped to not be disappointed. Well, in this case I wasn’t to be. To paraphrase the famous H.G. Wells statement from Animal Farm, which in itself paraphrased a line from the Declaration of Independence written by Thomas Jefferson; “All skipping ropes are created equal, but some skipping ropes are created more equal than others”!

Everything, from the handy blue case to the 3m adjustable rope says quality, and having passed the rope around fitness compatriots, the rope has been given the thumbs up by all. I’ve used perhaps dozens of skipping ropes in my quest for trimness and quickness, and this is by far the best.

The top of the handles are ball-bearing loaded, and turn with the rope as you skip, ensuring it doesn’t become twisted, as anybody who’s skipped in the past can attest is extremely hindering and irritating. There is also a removable 50g steel weight in each of the handles, which weighs down the rubber grip handles to ensure you don’t just feel like you’re holding cheap plastic as per most ropes.

The rope could perhaps be a few grams heavier if fault is to be found, but in this skipper’s opinion, you’d be hard pressed to find something much better than this to use in your weight loss bid, especially when you consider that hundreds of thousands of people will spend a lot more money on treadmills, rowing machines and exercise bikes that will only unfortunately end up as overstated clothes horses or attic dust-gatherers.

If you'd like a closer look at the rope, find it on John Lewis online here.


Skip your way to fitness and weight loss!

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