What does jump rope do for you in boxing/muay thai training?

Question

In Boxing and Muay Thai, jump rope (skipping) seems to play an important role in training. What is it for?

Answer 1

cardio, conditioning, and stamina

Answer 2

cardio, endurance and speed

Answer 3

it improves cardio, stamina, and endurance.

Answer 4

i do the same drill for taekwondo it helps me with me leg speed and foot speed

Answer 5

Cardio, Muscular Endurance, Timing, hand eye coordination and work on footwork.

First it build up endurance in your legs, which is the very important for fighting, as you are constantly moving and changing levels with you legs.

Second it is a good solid cardio exercise, builds wind.;

Third: It allows you to develop a rythm and sense of timing, this helps you learn how to establish a tempo when fighting, or working at a level that you can maintain comfortably throughout a round.

Fourth: It builds coordination and body control, essential for learning and refining techniques. It also allows you to work on moving and footwork.

Fifth: It is a great way to warm up.

There are other benefits but that is pretty much the major points.

Answer 6

Cardio. More importantly it makes your kicks more powerful. Of only a week of jumping exercises my calf muscles were a lot bigger and rock hard. Kicker's legs!

Answer 7

Its a warm up. It gets your muscles ready and your blood pumping.

Answer 8

Western  boxers  have  jumped  rope  for  decades  to build  stamina .

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Answer 9

cardio, endurance as all have said. But also it is a footwork drill when done correctly, you don't just hop up and down in the same spot.

Answer 10

For conditioning but can also enhance shoulder endurance if you use a weighted rope.

Answer 11

it build up you speed and indurance, it also elevaes your cardio, you are working and using oxygen so your heart rate is elevated and you are workingyour cafs. so by doing this you are getting faster and stronger cafs and your cardiovascular system has more ressistance and stamina.

Answer 12

its absolutely excellent for cardio and stamina. it also fatigues your shoulders so this will help build muscular endurance of the shoulders which you will definately need in a fight cause you can be fighting for quite a while and you need endurance to keep yourself going.

Answer 13

This is all just kind of a guess. Its probably just a cardiovascular workout.  The only muscle group I could see it working is the calves, but not very much. But that is just my two cents.

Answer 14

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