THE PULSE

Jumping rope isn’t just for kids on the blacktop or boxers at the ring! It offers some serious benefits from a major calorie burn to a challenging cross-training session. In-Shape scoured the research to bring you this compilation of jump rope benefits to convince you to bust out your best moves (maybe even some Double Dutch?) to add variety to your routine.

We all know a cardio workout is good for us. But how often do we need to do it to reap the rewards of miles logged on the treadmill or an hour of high intensity interval training (HIIT) in a studio class? Read on to understand and then how to add it in to your weekly routine.

Get your muscles moving in new ways with a high-intensity, total-body workout thanks to the Battle Ropes. Check out all the benefits of these bad boys on the blog now.

We spoke to In-Shape Antioch's Fitness Manager and IFBB Pro, Tobias Young to get the lowdown on conditioning our core with two related, but different (and equally important) moves: plank and side plank.