Paleo Diet and Paleolithic Diet Questions & Answers

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Is jump rope a healthy exercise? I know boxers do a lot of it... and they tend to have GREAT bodies. I want to look like that haha... at least when it comes to being LEAN! Help me out guys!

Thanks!

flag	asked Jun 30 2011 at 0:46 Derrick Rose 679●1●6●13

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Derrick - jump rope is playful and fun. It is the sister to hop scotch. The cousin of dodgeball. Of course jump rope is paleo because play is paleo. Would you double dutch with me sometime? – none Jun 30 2011 at 1:17

I have wondered this, as well. Thanks for asking it! – Sara Jun 30 2011 at 1:26

Jamie · Answer 1 · 2011-06-30 01:21:36Z UTC

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Are cars paleo? Computers? Not everything we do can be classified as paleo. We just have to use our best judgement. Sorry if this comes across as snarky. I've had a crappy week and my internal filter isn't working.

answered Jun 30 2011 at 1:21

Jamie
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	Don't forget indoor plumbing and central heating/cooling. You are not being snarky. You are actually being polite...more than I would have been – Aravind Jun 30 2011 at 1:32
	agreed. but disregarding paleo reenactment, yes jump rope is a good cardio type exercise. i'd treat it like doing sprints and do a tabata style jump rope workout – mloster Jun 30 2011 at 5:26

Eric · Answer 2 · 2011-06-30 01:05:54Z UTC

While I doubt that cavemen actually "jumped rope", I have no doubt that they would have jumped a lot. I can't see anything that would make jumping rope non-paleo.

The latest in paleo podcast guy--and others, I'm sure--talks about paleo being more a list of things NOT to do because we know cavemen didn't do it (e.g. don't eat refined sugars, cavemen wouldn't have had access) than it is a list of prescribed behaviors. There were too many "cavemen" in too many parts of the world, living too diverse lifestyles to possibly know what they all did.

As long as it is not well-known (or, well-assumed, anyway) that cavemen didn't do something, I consider it paleo.

Lee · Answer 3 · 2011-06-30 16:29:00Z UTC

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Seriously? If you want a "Paleo" exercise break into a zoo and provoke a tiger. You'll run like Grok did!

answered Jun 30 2011 at 16:29

Lee
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I respect the attempt at humor! – Derrick Rose Jun 30 2011 at 17:16

Eric · Answer 4 · 2011-06-30 01:48:13Z UTC

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Jump rope is great exercise.

Try 40 secs bursts. 6-8 of them with a two minute rest in between... Very intense.

answered Jun 30 2011 at 1:48

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mzenzer · Answer 5 · 2011-06-30 01:59:48Z UTC

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Punch/kick heavy bag for 3 minutes, jump rope 1 minute, rest 1 minute, repeat 5 times. Awesome workout. Add 1 minute of pushups for an even better workout.

answered Jun 30 2011 at 1:59

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Caveman formally known as Dan · Answer 6 · 2011-06-30 00:51:52Z UTC

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Accord to this yes,

http://www.fitness-made-fun.com/jump-rope-history.html

answered Jun 30 2011 at 0:51

Caveman formally known as Dan
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Arlokk · Answer 7 · 2011-06-30 19:47:46Z UTC

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If you do it as high-intensity interval training, maybe. Me and my bum knee would definitely avoid it in favor of the elliptical.

answered Jun 30 2011 at 19:47

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FED at LiveCaveman.com · Answer 8 · 2011-06-30 20:30:39Z UTC

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Have you ever seen any traditional African dances? The dancing of the Native American tribes?

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Talk about short-response plyometrics!

answered Jun 30 2011 at 20:30

FED at LiveCaveman.com
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Is jump rope paleo?

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