Old fashioned it may be, but boxers are super-fit and they do hours of skipping every day. Cheap and relatively easy you can skip almost anywhere, its a great way to exercise and have fun at the same time. There are many different techniques and ways to change your skipping style to keep it fresh and interesting. Standard two foot slow jumps, faster small jumps, alternate feet (jogging on the spot) jumps, high knee alternate feet jumps, high knee both feet power jumps, school girl running skipping, cross over your arms skips, doubleloop skips and many more. We use them in our sessions as the rope doubles as a belt when you run and is thus easy to transport, we have competitions against clients, who can do the most of a certain type of skips etc. Don’t miss out, give it a go, it may be an oldie, but its still a goodie! Good luck let me know how it goes. Michael