How to increase your agility with speed jump rope running

Learn how to do speed jump rope running. Presented by Real Jock Gay Fitness Health & Life.

Benefits
Athletes in a wide variety of disciplines jump rope as a regular part of their training. Jumping rope is a great cardio workout, but it also trains speed and agility. For this version, you'll jump in a running motion, with one step to each pass of the rope, as fast as you can manage.

Starting Position
Stand upright with a jump rope's handles in each hand.

Exercise
1. From the starting position, swing the rope overhead and begin jumping rope in a running motion, bringing your knees up and switching feet with each time the rope passes under you. Jump as fast as you can, without slowing down, for 60 seconds.