Basic Skipping Ropes are made for beginners. Basic Ropes are thicker and heavier than Speed Ropes but lighter than weighted Ropes. Most are made of plastic.

Speed Ropes are for more advanced users who are looking to blast body fat or target a particular part of the body by doing technical moves like crisscrosses or double under.

Weighted Ropes give your arms and shoulders a workout. They have extra weight—generally 1 to 6 pounds—integrated into the handles or the cable.

Beaded ropes, also known as segmented Ropes, have a nylon or steel inner cord encased in plastic beads. The Rope’s not heavy, but the beads add some weight to the Rope.