Starting A Jump Rope Workout

Day two of my 2 week jump rope workout warmup has come and gone
and I have to say that it seemed a lot easier than the first day’s
workout.  This days workout was the same as Mondays and is pretty easy
to begin with but on Monday it seems that I was more out of breath than
yesterday so it looks like I’m taking steps in the right direction for
my fitness.  It’s definitely going to take a while for me to get into
good enough shape to jump rope continuously for 15 to 20 minutes and
more but with persistence I know I’ll get there.  I did trip over the
rope a few times during the workout but those have been few and far
between and I have to attribute that to the work I was doing in October
of last year when I was able to get four good weeks of rope skipping in
before sickness and work stepped in and sidetracked me.  If you’re
considering adding jump rope fitness to your workouts and haven’t
jumped rope in a while please give yourself time to get used to
skipping over a rope again because it does take a while to get
proficient with the exercise, but once you do then all the fun footwork
and tricks come into play.

The next two days workouts are going to be a bit tougher than the first
two and will further get my body used to jump rope training.  Here is how
the workouts will go:

• Minutes 1 – 3 I will jump for 15 seconds then march in place for 15 seconds until the 3 minutes are up.
• Minutes 4 – 5 I will jump for 30 seconds then march in place for 30 seconds until the 2 minutes are up.
• Minutes 6 – 7 I will jump for 15 seconds, march in place for 30 seconds, jump for 30 seconds, march in place for 30 seconds, and finish with 15 seconds of jumping.
• Minutes 8 – 10 I will march in place for 15 seconds then jump for 15 seconds until the 3 minutes are up.

As you can see this is just a bit tougher than the first two days of
skipping and will continue to get me into jumping shape for my “real”
workouts.  As mentioned in my last post, though, these workouts are
just designed to get my body used to the how difficult jumping rope is
while also easing my calves and the arches of my feet back into jumping
shape.  After the workout I’ll once again cool down with 5 minutes of
easy treadmill walking and then get in a good 5 minutes of stretching
so my muscles aren’t so sore the next few days.

I hope to have a good heart rate monitor researched and picked out
before I start into my full jump rope workout so that I can track my
calories burned and the progress I make in fitness-wise.  Also, I have
scheduled a physical next week just to make sure I’m healthy enough for
this strenuous exercise plus I plan on using before and after blood
work readings to gauge how well I’ve done this year.  With those out of
the way I just need to focus on dialing my diet in tight for a couple
of months so that I can achieve the goals I have for my program.
That’s it for this post, I’ll try to get a synopsis of day 3’s workout
up as well as my goal page this weekend.  Please feel free to leave me
any comments or suggestions you have!