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Anonymous
I'm not sure how to answer your question. If you want like an exact figure stating how much more or less effective it is compared to running, you're out of luck.
Jumping rope is definitely effective so long as you use it correctly. Mix-up standard jumping with doubles, hopping on one leg, running in place with the rope, "sprinting" with it, etc.
Aside from your calves, you'll also feel it like a mother in your quads, and if you're getting it around fast enough, you'll feel it in your shoulders and triceps too. I have much stronger legs than I do shoulders; when I first started doing interval training with a rope, my shoulders gave out way before my legs or my cardiovascular system.
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