Interesting enough paper that my jump rope showed up yesterday. I think my plan is to add it to lifting days.
I’m working through a real training plan for the first time, trying to be pretty good in a sprint and Olympic triathalon and break my 5k PR this year. It’s not a plan where jump roping is going to be the hardest workout. If anyone can think of a way to unpick those data sets I’m happy to change up the plan a bit.
I’ve done this in the past as active recovery between gym sets; just pretend I’m skipping without the rope, with the hands down low and wrists rotating. Mainly because I couldn’t find the rope!
With the rope I often go shorter duration because it’s either caught my foot or struck a bicycle or garage door. I suppose the missing benefit sans rope is the coordination part.
You should be a prospector with all this speculation.
Hopping around without the rope would almost be like pogoing, which I would often do back in my club days
So I tried to get my track kids to jump rope for some pre season conditioning. Almost none of them could do it. Wtf is this world coming to. The most awkward looking jumps and leaps ever. We just went back to pogo hops.
But … could any of them do a kick flip?