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Jump
Rope: Cure for Insomnia?
Variation
in exercise is important to get a healthy workout and to sleep
well.
Variation keeps your body and mind confused. In other words,
your body and mind can't get used to the activity, and this
forces them to work hard and stay beneficially stressed as opposed
to just coasting by.
By working your body and mind, you will not only be more physically
and cognitively strong, but you'll will sleep better because
exercise causes your sleep to be more deep and restful.
Countless Variations
Jumping rope is terrific exercise because it offer so many
variations and opportunities for creativity. In fact, jumping
rope arguably offers as many genuine variations as any exercise.
There's forward, backward, fast, medium, slow, two legs, one
leg, crossed arms, etc., etc.
Your body and mind must work fairly hard to establish and
maintain the coordination needed to correctly jump all the
variations. You must work at creating and maintaining timing,
rhythm, speed, power and balance. As a result, jumping rope
offers continuing challenge and stimulation.
Boredom is less likely to occur with jump roping than many
other exercises, especially if you at least attempt to jump
using the many variations. This means you'll get a better
quality exercise and there's less chance that you will stop
doing it.
Convenient and Inexpensive
Jumping rope is also convenient because you can do it almost
anywhere, inside or outside. It's also a really inexpensive
way to exercise. Overdoing it, of course, can result in sore
feet, ankles and knees, so start off modestly to built up
your strength.
Want to sleep at least a little better tonight? Then jump
rope today.
External resources
New
Fitness article
Medicinenet
article
Dr.
Jump article
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