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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.
Although it appears that running is superior to jumping rope, it is misleading. Intensity needs to be taken into consideration. For example, a 180 lb. person burns 980 calories jumping rope at a fast pace for 60 minutes. This same size person burns about 815 calories running at 6 mph for 60 minutes. Simply put, if you jump rope at a fast pace, and run at a slow pace, you will burn more fat jumping rope.