Building Stamina While Jumping Rope - How?
I have doing the jump rope thing a little bit each day. I can do 20 to 30 jumps with decent form but when I get into the 40s and 50s my form goes to shit and the higher I go the more winded I get. May be, it is because I am old but I would like to be able to make it a regular part of my routine at higher levels. For those of you who are jump rope enthusiasts, how did you develop the stamina? Is it just practice?
In middle school I jumed roped competitively, I was trying to get a girlfriend out of it. I remember I couldn't really do it at the start, but over the course of a few months, I got pretty good and could do it for a much longer time.
I never got the girlfriend. My friend called me a fruit and the girl I liked laughed...
This helped me. Set goals of doing sets of X. 40/50/100/ whatever. Set a goal of doing 5 sets of X. Keep on increasing the X. Before you know it, you'll be at 2x / 3x. You'll get to 100 and just keep on going.
Also, break the monotony by changing how you jump. Slow for 20, fast for 20, left foot for 20, right foot for 20, etc.
I'm an avid speed roper - I would advocate targeting songs and hitting the beat on each jump. I moved up in speed gradually over the years and can now speed rope for a long time.
There are many benefits to jump rope - I highly recommend it.
Yes to this 100%. For me it was something I picked up in the last six months - I have an athletic build but for the first few days I couldn’t jump for more than a minute or so without getting winded/my feet starting to ache.
Give yourself 30 days.
I took the month of may and jump roped for 30 minutes, every single day. (Took rest days in 2-3 intervals when my legs got super sore - your body will tell you exactly when that it)
Instead of counting hops, I’d play music and try to jump rope for the length of half a song, then take a minute break. Rinse and repeat until over time I had the stamina to jump to entire song lengths. Since I used a lightly weighted speed rope Bc i wanted to get the footwork skill set of a boxer (they just look dope to me) it was more like HIIT then steady state jump roping for 5-10 minute intervals.
Something you can learn within the first two weeks is running in place (not high knees, but hopping one foot to the other), basic boxer skip (like running in place with the weight shift to each side, but being sure to tap both feet on each hop), and criss crossing (I found this to be fairly intuitive and easier to get than rope swings).
I think the ability to learn new footwork is particularly motivating and if you build the habit of skipping to music you’ll natural develop a rhythm and start combining moves naturally. After the first month you only need 20 minutes a day really to get a really good sweat in.
Jumping rope has not only shredded my body fat percentage, it’s improved my balance walking significantly (I used to be a little more clumsy), improved my back posture, and really cut my arms. I could talk about it all day, but really just put the time in and watch a few compilations of boxers skipping for inspiration.
Just put on some Billy Joel :)
Just keep doing it. Like anything else it will get easier over time. Try doing double unders as well, helps with getting tempo down and is a little less boring (I find it interminable to do regular jumps, takes forever to get to any kind of volume)
What does forever mean to you? Most people can't speedrope more than a few minutes.
Like 3 minutes? If I can do 75 doubles in a minute, it takes me nearly twice as long to do singles.
I used to be a boxer and jumping rope was a huge part of my training. The main advice I would give aside from what has been mentioned above (practicing and setting goals) would be to focus on your form. Don't let your arms get away from your body and don't bend your knees too much (unless of course you are doing variations like double unders, high knees, boxer step jumps, etc). Keep your arms in somewhat close and let your wrists do the work. Jump from the balls of your feet and don't let your heels touch the ground. Nailing these two things will make you much more efficient. Once you get that down, you can start doing some tricks and that's when jumping rope can be a lot of fun.
I think I am going to watch some videos for inspiration. I found this Youtube lady with lots of jump rope videos. She is actually a dentist who does not practice and she is very nice looking!
https://www.youtube.com/user/ssolom9
Yeah she’s nice looking, didn’t bother watching the videos though. If you’re into muscular girls, hit me up.
This girl is the jump rope champion:
https://www.instagram.com/snorib/?hl=en
Any recommendations on a good beginner speed rope?
https://www.walmart.com/ip/RAGE-Fitness-R2-PVC-Speed-Rope-Green/5128982…
I watch the Disney channel movie Jump In! before every jump rope sesh. Fires me tf up and Corbin Bleu is a baller.
My latest twist on this jumping rope exercise is a weighted jump rope, I ordered one on Amazon and I should get it soon. I am far from a fitness expert, but jumping rope has to be a way better exercise than most cardio exercises. It really kicks your ass from a cardio perspective. I have the following in my basement
$5 jump rope
$15 speed rope
$89 glider, which is not very good
$150 Tony Little Glider, which is surprisingly good as a total body work out
$30 pull up bar
$30 arm sleeves for the pull up bar
$30 mat for push ups and sit ups
$700 spin bike
Out of all of these, guess which one is the worst......by far, the expensive spin bike.
Most people could probably just get a jump rope and a mat and be able to get all of fitness training he or she needs.
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