jump rope for cardio?

[b_t]

Just a quick q. I don't need to burn fat or lose weight or anything but my cardio is fuckin terrible.. I haven't done any real serious cardio since high school so its been six years now. I just picked up a jump rope and I can only go for 1-2 minutes at a good pace without sucking serious wind

The whole point of doin it is just to make it so I can run further without feeling like my lungs have collapsed, so that I can get into soccer again. is just going full speed until I can't go any further good enough?? and then just keep track of how long I go each day to see if I'm improving? or if I'm trying to improve my cardio, do I have to go for a long period of time (10-15 minutes) to see any benefits?

[A790]

I do cardio circuits and it's been working great for me. 5 mins walk on treadmill, 5 min on the rowing machine, 5 min on the spin bike, 5 min on the recumbant, 5 min sprint on the tread, etc. etc.

Keeps your body on its toes... literally.

[dirtsniffer]

man skipping is a great way to improve cardio, i try to usually last a full song on my ipod and then take the next song to do abs. sweating like a pig after

[wintonyk]

I do a lot of skipping for my cardio.

I do AMRP double unders followed by 2 mins skipping rinse and repeat. That will simulate bursts of speed followed by jogging like when you play soccer.

[dandia89]

make sure do HIIT running too if you plan to get back into soccer.