Anyone Use a Jump Rope?
05-30-2010, 12:03 PM
#3
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Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: Michigan
Posts: 3,742
I've been jumping rope with the kids in the driveway. I don't use any specific routine or any special jump rope, we just jump rope like kids at recess with a good old Walmart jump rope. It's a pretty good workout, I always break a sweat and I generally try and make sure I have on a good sports bra.
05-31-2010, 01:38 AM
#4
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Join Date: May 2010
Location: near Port Dover, Ontario Canada
Posts: 5
I began using jump rope about 4 months ago, slowly at first and maybe twice a week so I could get used to it. Been since I was a kid since I had last skipped.
However, now I love the skipping factor. I dont use weighted handles yet, but plan on that in the future.
I do a plyometrics routine , twice a week on top of the other things I do.
part of that for me is:
Skip for 5 min warm up
jumping jacks x 20
skip rope x 100
burpees x 10
DO for 3 rotations then take a water break
Sometimes I will throw a single set of these into a weighted lifting routine as well to keep the heart rate elevated.
However, now I love the skipping factor. I dont use weighted handles yet, but plan on that in the future.
I do a plyometrics routine , twice a week on top of the other things I do.
part of that for me is:
Skip for 5 min warm up
jumping jacks x 20
skip rope x 100
burpees x 10
DO for 3 rotations then take a water break
Sometimes I will throw a single set of these into a weighted lifting routine as well to keep the heart rate elevated.
