Skipping is an exercise which is no longer confined to the school playground.

Boxers use skipping as training before a fight and it is now incorporated into many gym classes.

It is a great way of getting fit, staying in shape and can be done anytime and anywhere.

In my skipping classes we skip to music on a sprung studio floor, combining different foot combinations as well as basic foot patterns.

Benefits of skipping include the following:-

• Improvement of cardio fitness
• Excellent for trimming excess weight, especially on hips, thighs and bottoms
• Improves your flexibility and co-ordination

DID YOU KNOW?

• That skipping for 10 minutes is the equivalent of jogging for 30 minutes

• The world record is 188 jumps in 30 seconds

• If you skip for an hour you can burn 1,300 calories