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Calories Burned Jumping Rope. Calories burned jumping rope can work out to 15 to 20 calories per minute. The average person could burn 200 to 300 calories in a simple 15 minute jump rope workout. Not just for boxers or kids, rope jumping (skipping) can burn 25% more calories per minute than running.
A 155-pound person jumping rope at a moderate to quick pace for five minutes will burn from 59 to 70 calories. That same 155-pound person will burn 21 calories jumping on the trampoline for five minutes. Doing jumping jacks for two minutes will burn 18 calories, regardless of how many jumping jacks you do.