[Shoubuliao]

My favorite is the heavy Thai style rope for the shoulder conditioning benefits. Twins makes a really good one.

You can also make one of these on your own with just a piece of clear tube from the hardware store, couple of PVC pipes for handles, and a bolt and washer to hold things together. This guy did a nice overview:

http://rosstraining.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=71181

[Stallion]

Rope jumping is so underated in modern fitness circles... or at least I underestimated it for a long time...

All I can say is... ROPE = CALVES OF STEEL

[NewDayNewFace]

Bought a jump rope today. Plan on jumping at least 5x a week and before I play basketball. Nice workout, thanks for the thread.