Jump rope cannot build muscle. But it can tone muscle by helping you reduce the fat around the muscles you do have.

The short answer is, no. Not on its own. Jump rope is known for being an excellent way to burn a lot more calories per hour than other forms of cardiovascular exercise. When you do this, the ab muscles which everyone has will become more visible.

Jump rope is commonly promoted as a ‘full-body workout’ that targets all the muscles in your body. However, sadly, this is not true. Jump rope is not a full-body workout. I look at the biomechanics of how a person jumps rope, it’s clear that jump rope is predominantly a lower-body workout which targets both the anterior and posterior chain musculature.