It was Frances Crisol’s husband Jerby Corsiga who introduced her to jump rope as a workout.

“He was a fitness enthusiast, the typical buff dude with a lifetime gym membership,” she said.

Crisol is a self-confessed former “fat kid” who recalls being body shamed during her years in elementary school. She told Lifestyle, “In high school, I vowed to lose weight and was successful. Since then, I have always tried to maintain my weight—not with some fancy diet or fitness routine which I could not really afford back then but by moving a lot and being mindful of what I ate to keep off unwanted pounds.”