jumping rope

[wheresmybacon]

Anyone else include jumping rope in their cardio? I've got a little gym in my garage and I use jumping rope along with heavy bag training at least once a week to mix things up.

Especially now that I can do basically any technique, it's a lot of fun.

Last night I was doing rounds of pullups (3-4 for me is failure), pushups (~40 for me is failure), 2 mins rope, 2 mins bag, 2 mins rest

I do that for 30 mins and I'm beat.

I'm still doing 2 days full body split @ the gym, but for cardio days I love mixing the old jump rope in.

 

[Koing]

Jumping rope is a lot of fun and a ridiculous heart pumper! It's more fun when you whip yourself when your not wearing a top baby!

A bunch of the weightlifters at the club jump every/ every other training session.

Koing

 

[brikis98]

I often use jump roping as a warm-up and CF workouts occasionally include double-unders, which are a lot of fun.

 

[Redfraggle]

I have done a good bit of jumprope while recovering from this hip thing. First, was to get some cardio in that didn't hurt my hip. Second, I just missed a good sweat. Also, it is a nice workout and I like it. I find it good training for hill sprints.

 

[KingGheedora]

I do jump ropes almost every time I workout, but recently scaled back because i'm having a pain in my left foot which I think was caused by jumping rope. I had a workout with a new trainer yesterday and he laid out a soft type of mat on the floor for me to jump on (i didn't even tell him about the pain in my foot, so I think he does this in general for anyone he has jump rope) to protect my feet.

I do 3 minute rounds, and switch to doing double-unders for the last 30 seconds of each round, and then rest for one minute. 2-3 rounds of jump rope to start my boxing workouts.

The tricks are pretty fun to do. Right now the ones I do are running in place, and jumping back and for between left foot in front of right foot, then landing with right foot in front of left foot, etc. Double unders, alternating each foot kicking out (classic jump rope technique you see boxers do). I hate the ones that involve whipping the rope to either side of you (so your foot doesn't go under the rope), just seems dumb to me.

 

[EvilYoda]

I absolutely suck at the jump rope (cardio FTL) and double-unders triply so.

Just another thing to get better at.

 

[coldmeat]

I mentioned this once here and everyone laughed at me.

 

[EvilYoda]

Originally posted by: coldmeat
I mentioned this once here and everyone laughed at me.

That's just standard practice for you though. Don't take it personall...oh wait.

 

[GrantMeThePower]

I can only jump rope spinning it backwards. At the boxing gym we always jumped rope and i looked funny being the only person doing it the wrong way. I just can't do it forward.

 

[MotF Bane]

I fail at jump rope.

 

[MistaFreeze]

I jump rope all the time. I've lately been trying triple unders and I can generally throw a couple in after about 7 double unders. Great cardio after I'm done with lifting weights.

 

[Kaido]

Originally posted by: MistaFreeze
I jump rope all the time. I've lately been trying triple unders and I can generally throw a couple in after about 7 double unders. Great cardio after I'm done with lifting weights.

Triple unders as in, flip the rope 3 times under your feet in one jump? :Q What are you, Superman??

 

[MistaFreeze]

Haha not quite. It's not that hard after you get down doubles at slower paces then you just work your way up to a third. Well that's what I did.