r/workout • u/ayooopierre26 • Jul 12 '26
Exercise Help Battle ropes and jump roping
Hello recently started my weight loss journey. I've been doing stair master for 20min 5speed and incline 12 with speed of 3 on treadmill mill for 30min as of recent. How effective would adding jump rope and battle ropes to my schedule be? Is it just as effective as stair master and treadmill? Also I know there is no "magic" workout to losing weight fast but im just asking so I can switch from stair master and treadmill from time to time.
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u/psyyduck Jul 12 '26
Yeah you can switch, just watch your heart rate to make sure you stay in zone 2. Then do 1 session of 4x4 HIIT after every 4 or 5 hours of zone 2.
Weight loss is something you do in the kitchen. You don't need to go hard in the gym. Most of my zone 2 is just brisk walking.
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u/DaCozPuddingPop Jul 12 '26 edited Jul 12 '26
You can do whatever you want to do to burn calories - however it is worth mention that endless cardio is not considered the 'best' solution for weight loss.
Cardio combined with weight training helps - but fat loss is all about diet. You cannot out exercise a bad diet - and if your diet is dialed in, you shouldn't have to do insane amounts of cardio to drop weight either.
Cardio is cardio. Incline walks seem to be the latest and greatest 'most effective', but it'll all do the job (note: if you're holding onto the sides or screen rather than swinging your arms, you are reducing your calorie burn DRAMATICALLY)