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Taking Breaks During Jump Roping Exercise

canaan90
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For the past few months, I've been mostly using jump roping for my cardio routine. I'm not super great at it, but I've been gradually getting better, as some days are better than others. My question has to do with non-stop jump roping. I know longer periods of non-stop jump roping is obviously the best in order to get in shape, since you maintain the tension and resistance from not taking breaks. However, sometimes I just mess up during the middle of my workout. For instance, after 10 minutes of jump roping, I messed up and stopped. I took no more than 3-6 secs of rest, and then I proceeded to do another 10 mins of non-stop jump roping. Do I get nearly, not saying ALL, but at least nearly, the same benefit of jump roping non-stop for 20 minutes even though I rested for about 4 secs. Or does that 4 secs of rest totally ruin the tension and rhythm I had?
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I would say you don't lose enough for it to really matter. You probably lose a smidge - from lost muscle tension, etc., as you said - but your heart rate, respiration, and blood flow rate won't drop noticeably in that few seconds, so you'll get back to that intensity very quickly.0
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I don't think you have to worry about this in any way, shape or form.0
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I'm with Dope.
I jump too.0 -
Wait, you can jump rope for ten minutes before you trip yourself up? that's impressive. I'd be proud of that fact, give myself a five minute water break, then start again. I bet I can do four loops on a good day before Tripping myself up.
Edit- I'm going outside to try. I'm going to ask my wife for some pointers.0 -
You are over thinking this.0
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I've been doing jump rope for a long time with boxing, kickboxing and Thai, I've never see the benefits of doing it any longer then 3 min rd at a time. 3mins rd, 60 sec break, rinse and repeat for as many rds as you like.
If you want to add difficulty, do different skipping variations, 2 feet hops, 1 foot, double unders, high knees, things like that.
And kuddos to you for being able to skip 10+ mins straight. Good work0
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