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    Skipping, jump roping, rope skipping or skipping rope are all terms used for exercising with a jump rope. This easy, portable, affordable and effective exercise and fun started around 1600 B.C. It began its travels through Egypt, China and all of Europe before it made its way to the United States. Egyptians jumped vines, aborigines skipped bamboos and medieval period children jumped through hoops.

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    Fitness Made Fun: Jump Rope History

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