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I recently added skipping to my workout regime and have to say that I am getting my butt kicked! (Sometimes literally, ouch!) Seriously, what an incredible cardio workout skipping is!! I can't believe it took me this long to 'discover' it and add it to my weekly schedule (especially since I can do it indoors and at home all winter long!). After about 4 weeks of skipping workouts (2-3X per week, alternating with run days), I feel like my running has gotten considerably better - i.e. I can go faster and for longer periods without getting as winded. This should help me with my VO2 max for the Expres test (hopefully) which is coming up soon!
I am interested in sharing notes with others who skip for fitness. Of course, I do the Google thing to get some ideas, but it is also good to get suggestions from other sources.
So far, I have a few basic moves that I do and then I just do some straight skipping (fast speed) in between. The moves I have started with are double unders, crossovers, on one foot for twos, threes, fours, etc, side to side (like downhill skiing), skipping forward and in reverse, knee lifts, jumping jacks (difficult), skipping on one foot going left, other foot going right, and doing the top left-top right-bottom left-bottom right combo. I also try skipping 'backwards' (rope going backwards) which is a maneouvre that often ends up in me tripping and swearing a lot. :-\ LOL
I also hope to be able to do longer workouts over time, but am not sure how long it might take to work up to my goal of 30 mins. I started with 15 min workouts and am now doing 20 min of skipping per workout, but I generally feel like I'm going to hurl afterwards, so 30 min skipping workouts seems like a lofty goal at the moment! Most days I find it hard to get past the 10-min mark. :blotto:
Any skippers out there???
I am interested in sharing notes with others who skip for fitness. Of course, I do the Google thing to get some ideas, but it is also good to get suggestions from other sources.
So far, I have a few basic moves that I do and then I just do some straight skipping (fast speed) in between. The moves I have started with are double unders, crossovers, on one foot for twos, threes, fours, etc, side to side (like downhill skiing), skipping forward and in reverse, knee lifts, jumping jacks (difficult), skipping on one foot going left, other foot going right, and doing the top left-top right-bottom left-bottom right combo. I also try skipping 'backwards' (rope going backwards) which is a maneouvre that often ends up in me tripping and swearing a lot. :-\ LOL
I also hope to be able to do longer workouts over time, but am not sure how long it might take to work up to my goal of 30 mins. I started with 15 min workouts and am now doing 20 min of skipping per workout, but I generally feel like I'm going to hurl afterwards, so 30 min skipping workouts seems like a lofty goal at the moment! Most days I find it hard to get past the 10-min mark. :blotto:
Any skippers out there???