Rediscover the benefits of jumping rope—a childhood activity that offers powerful health advantages for adults. From ...

Faster than a speeding dirigible! More powerful than a horseless carriage! Able to leap short cottages in a single bound! It’s a bird! It’s an aeroplane! It’s a… jumper balloon? In the go-go 1920s, ...

Imagine, for a second, a workout that's actually fun. Jumping exercises, or plyometrics, can be a blast — or, at least, feel less like torture — because you're literally just jumping up and down like ...

The first leap from the top of a waterfall was horrifying. I’m not used to jumping off the equivalent of a four-story building into a river where the roaring water is frothing below, and my brain kept ...

Remember the good ol’ days when you could hit the playground for a little double Dutch with your friends? You’d laugh, sing a few rhymes about how Cinderella was dressed in yellow, then you’d head ...

Maybe you've seen some of the thousands of unbelievable videos on YouTube or elsewhere showing BASE jumpers flying like superheroes and you think you want to give it a go. Before you take that leap, ...

Back in the day, it was typical in some neighborhoods to see girls — with hair flying, legs pumping with precision, the rope tat-tat- tatting in rhythm — as they jumped Double Dutch for hours. Pamela ...

Jumping rope is a fun form of exercise that you probably remember fondly of doing as a child, but, like most of us, you likely forgot about as an adult. But jumping rope isn’t just for kids—it’s a ...