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Calories Burned Jumping Rope. Calories burned jumping rope can work out to 15 to 20 calories per minute. The average person could burn 200 to 300 calories in a simple 15 minute jump rope workout. Not just for boxers or kids, rope jumping (skipping) can burn 25% more calories per minute than running.
In fact, jumping rope can burn as many calories as running -- and tone muscles in the process. And it's fun. Beside the actual rope, you don't need much to skip yourself slim. Check out the video above for a 10-minute jumping routine you can do anywhere. Then let us know in the comments how it goes!