Getting a Jump on Fitness [Paperback]

Barbara Marrott (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: May 1, 1997

Yes, there is something new in fitness! Barbara Marrott, certified personal trainer and AFAA fitness practitioner, has created an exciting fitness plan that is changing the lives and well-being of clients who come in all shapes, sizes, and ages. Follow this plan and you too can look and feel younger.

On Marrot's program, you use a jump rope to achieve a complete cross-training workout that includes cardiovascular and muscular elements.

Product Details

• Paperback: 155 pages
• Publisher: Barricade Books (May 1, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1569801029
• ISBN-13: 978-1569801024
• Product Dimensions: 8.7 x 7 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.9 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 2.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,101,247 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars NOT strictly a jump rope book, February 10, 2003

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Tana L. Rebhan-kang (Aiea, Hawaii United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Getting a Jump on Fitness (Paperback)

I think the title "Getting a Jump on Fitness" and the back cover summary are both misleading.

This book is 155 pages long, containing approximately 170 photos on fitness exercises. Of the 170 photos, approximately 30 are about rope jumping.

I am new to rope jumping for fitness, and was looking for steps, techniques, and rope jumping fitness routines. I didn't find what I was looking for in this book (as I did with "Jumping Rope the Second Time Around" by Carlos Coffman).

If you are looking for a book on fitness exercises which INCLUDE rope jumping, you may find this a useful book. If you are looking for a book ONLY about rope jumping, I cannot recommend this purchase.

3.0 out of 5 stars Jump-Start, September 19, 2007

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D. Lehmann "DJ_Boxer" (N. Bethesda, MD USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Getting a Jump on Fitness (Paperback)

To start with:

1: The previous reviewer misread the backcover summary: it says "That you will need other equipment: chairs, groceries...) to create a fitness program. This is necessary for total fitness.

2: There could be more in this book but there isn't. There is the Buddy Lee book that has more like: the biomechanics of rope jumping.

Or Ropesport which also has DVD's which are a boon because you can see and hear how to do various jumps.