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Taking Breaks During Jump Roping Exercise

canaan90
canaan90 Posts: 9
edited March 1 in Fitness and Exercise
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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  • Lelah77
    Lelah77 Posts: 177 Member
    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.
  • DopeItUp
    DopeItUp Posts: 18,771 Member
    I don't think you have to worry about this in any way, shape or form.
  • MostlyWater
    MostlyWater Posts: 4,294 Member
    I'm with Dope.


    I jump too.
  • oinkerjnn
    oinkerjnn Posts: 85 Member
    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.
  • _Josee_
    _Josee_ Posts: 625 Member
    You are over thinking this.
  • steve0820
    steve0820 Posts: 510 Member
    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 work
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