'Fat Albert' Shows How Jump Roping Can Be Hip and Healthy

'Fat Albert' Shows How Jump Roping Can Be Hip and Healthy LOS ANGELES, Dec. 27 /PRNewswire/ -- RopeSport, a dynamic form of freestyle jump-roping, has a major scene in the new movie "Fat Albert" for good reason -- it is the perfect blend of hip and healthy. Not only is RopeSport exciting to watch but it also achieves dramatic fitness and health training results, explains developer Marty Winkler. In the film, Fat Albert watches Winkler and colleagues in action and does his own version of "double dutch." "Producers Bill and Camille Cosby and director Joel Zwick were enthusiastic about RopeSport because they agreed that it could send a positive and healthy message to young people," stated Marty Winkler. "Getting kids up and moving to improve their fitness cannot be promoted too much. It is not unrealistic for both kids and adults to trim down two pounds of excess weight a week if they do a 15 minute workout every day and maintain a healthier diet." The superior results of RopeSport is why this method of freestyle jump-roping has long been the preferred training method of boxers, NBA players, Olympic medalists and other elite athletes. RopeSport has taken the mystery out of this fitness form with an easy-to-follow DVD series and specially designed four in one jump ropes and accessories to give quick results. RopeSport has the potential to burn one thousand calories per hour. RopeSport products are available at sporting good retail stores and on-line. According to Winkler, two other great advantages of RopeSport are that it is very inexpensive and easy to master. "Because people quickly get the hang of it, even beginners have a blast. The variety of jumps and tricks you can learn makes it never boring and much easier to keep up a consistent program." For more information, visit www.ropesport.com. NOTE TO THE EDITORS: Photography available upon request CONTACT: Joel Brokaw of The Brokaw Company, +1-310-273-2060, for RopeSport Web site: http://www.ropesport.com/ ------- Profile: International Entertainment