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May 2020
12:56pm, 19 May 2020
403 posts
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Rrunner
Mr Amazon delivered my rope in time for me to give it a go at lunch time. My that was tough!
Spent the first five minutes mostly tangled in the rope and unable to figure out how to get the it over my head! After a few mins I got going and started to work up a sweat. I think I'm jumping too high as most of my second /third jumps were caught on a foot still leaving the ground. Also spent too much time thinking about it rather than finding a rhythm.
Did better than I thought I would for a first go. Try again tomorrow.
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May 2020
2:01pm, 19 May 2020
821 posts
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Groundhog
From a personal trainer I know:
Skipping! Lots of benefits for running!
You want to do small, fast jumps, barely off the ground, two jumps for every rope turn.
This is a low impact workout which improves cardiovascular endurance and strengthens your calves, hamstrings and glutes as well as your ankle joints and feet.
The fast movement helps improve running cadence - fast feet. The idea of picking your foot back up as soon as it hits the ground - minimum ground contact time.
It is also good for coordination and core strength.
Single leg skipping is also very effective!
Skipping can really be done at any intensity you want too which makes it versatile. It can be used as a warm up, endurance training and high intensity interval training.
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May 2020
2:02pm, 19 May 2020
16,461 posts
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Bazoaxe
Sounds like me. Once I figured the way to get a couple of jumps I could get going but it needs lots of concentration.
I am also hampered by a small flat bit of drive outside my garage door before there is an incline so need to be very precise.
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May 2020
2:05pm, 19 May 2020
1,467 posts
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Silvershadow
Well done new skippers. I’m doing one jump per rope turn but the workouts are getting longer so maybe I need to slow it down a bit to get through it.
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May 2020
2:11pm, 19 May 2020
404 posts
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Rrunner
Ah! Maybe that's where I've been going wrong. I thought it was jump as the rope passed the floor and still the rest of the time. Sounds like I need to be jumping more, but bounces rather than full on leaps.
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May 2020
2:18pm, 19 May 2020
36,287 posts
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Nellers
There's 2 schools of thought from what I've seen.
Single jump per rope rotation needs the rope to be moving a bit quicker and is a bit more intense in terms of cardio.
A little bounce between rotations (so two jumps per rotation) means the rope can go slower and it's less taxing.
I've been trying to do the single jump version so far but I'm with Silvershadow that as things stretch out a bit I may need to do double jumps.
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May 2020
2:30pm, 19 May 2020
16,463 posts
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Bazoaxe
yeah, I hadn't thought of that either and was on single jumps and the trick is getting the speed of the rope turn in line with the jumps
I just got the kids (22 and 24) to have a go thinking I would be better but they were pretty good. My daughter was even doing crossed hands stuff.
I have decided 3 mornings a week I will do a wee circuit class of about 30 mins including skipping. Think tomorrow will be a double run day so may not get any skipping in. That said maybe 5 mins after any running would help also
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May 2020
2:52pm, 19 May 2020
3,746 posts
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Dillthedog
We do a runners fitness group on Wednesday evenings. The trainer tried to introduce skipping last summer, but she had never seen such an uncoordinated bunch, so we've never done it again. Might give it a go, after all, 5 year old girls seem to be able to do it with no problems, so it cant be that difficult!
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May 2020
8:29am, 20 May 2020
4,400 posts
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jennyh
Just done day 1 of the 30 day plan - need to set a timer next time as a minute of skipping is longer than I thought - kept stopping to look at my watch and realising I still had 15 seconds to go!
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May 2020
8:31am, 20 May 2020
12,813 posts
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Ultracat
1 min does seem a long time when skipping
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Boxer skipping
Oct 2017