Which Burns More Calories

[usingpeople]

1 Hour of skipping (approx 6000 skips) OR
1 hour elliptical

Thanks

I am trying to decide what cardio to use for cutting

[keiga]

try skiping for one week then the eliptical for another and go with the one the gives the best results.Hope that helps.

[Lloydy]

the skipping easily, but weather you'd be able to walk for a week after doing it is a different story.

[travis h]

Don't skip rope for an hour. If you want to do a short interval of high intensity, rope is fine. However, if you're going to log some serious hours, do something that's low impact or you'll never be able to keep it up.

[Cricket_Fire]

Skipping for an hour is insane! My calves start to cramp up and not work after 15 minutes

[Confucius Taoka]

^ 1 hour is just too long, you're calves are gonna die after 1 hour of jump rope.

Try this with jump rope...

Total time: 20 minutes
3 minute rounds of jump rope
then do about 20 of either push ups, squats, burpees, crunches
repeat for 20 to 30 minutes...

It sure beats just jumping for an whole hour... you can switch it up and do something like skipping on right foot, skipping on left foot, double unders etc.

[DesiPari]

1 Hour of skipping (approx 6000 skips) OR
1 hour elliptical

Thanks

I am trying to decide what cardio to use for cutting

6000 skips? WOW...I can do only 1000 in one hour, that too in increments of 50 at a time. The 50 at a time are too intense themselves and i take a 30-60 second break between them. And I know I m being effective because my calves and thighs hurt like hell and the region of my arms from back till the bicep muscle..hurts as well..

do you do 6000 all in one go?

[Harland]

i can skip a 1000 in less then 20 mins, anyway, an hour of cardio is not the best way to go.

you want to do short higher intensity cardio, such as elliptical sprints

[bigbutnothuge]

What do you mean by "skipping"?

[usingpeople]

jump rope