What's better for your knees (agility ladder or jump rope)?

[Cuauhtémoc1520]

If you know how to jump rope, you shouldn't have a problem with your knees.

Most people land with their heel first when running or jumping, if you land on the ball of your feet, like you are taught in boxing, it will eliminate the impact on your knees, hips and ankles.

I can't run for a very long distance, I can go about 4 miles tops because of my bum left knee but I can jump rope for days because of the difference in impact.

Jumping rope IMO is the best cardio you can do. It will work you out like you won't believe.

[Craigy]

Thanks! Lots of great replies here.

[T.Horton]

Go with the agility ladder. But none of these exercises are going to strengthen your knees. I don't know what anyone here is getting that idea from.

"There is simply no other exercise (and certainly no machine) that produces the level of central nervous system activity, improved balance and coordination, skeletal loading and bone density enhancement, muscular stimulation and growth, connective tissue stress and strength, psychological demand and toughness, and overall systemic conditioning than the correctly performed full squat." –Mark Rippetoe

I thinkk, at least what I meant was, I know longer have the issues that I had simply because I have changed the surfaces that I am training on. Not that my knees are fixed.

[Frighteous]

get a pad from the fitness store to jump rope on. wearing tennis shoes, I don't see how this is hard impact.