If I take 3-6 secs of rest in between jump roping...

canaan90

...will I lose a lot of the tension and resistance?

Today, for instance, I jump roped for over 10 mins non-stop, but then messed up. I took like 3-6 secs of rest, at MOST. And then I proceeded to do another round of non-stop jump roping for 10 mins. Do I get NEARLY, not all, the same benefit as jump roping for 20 mins consecutively, or did that few secs of rest ruin it?

Icandoityayme

I wouldn't think it would make that big of a difference. It's only a few seconds that you rested. It isn't like you let your heart rate go back to normal and then started back up again. I take little rests sometimes if I feel I need to. Some movement is better than no movement and what ever you do it progress.

canaan90

Thanks a lot for the feedback. Very true of what you said. I was just wondering because the last few days haven't been going as well as they have previously lol

PrincessMissDee

Well actually, taking rests (interval training) is huge right now and the research shows it burns fat more effectively than doing the same thing for 20 minutes.

yopeeps025

Yea jump roping. The answer is it did not do much to take a 3 sec break. I do Tabata HIIT jump rope though and it is a 4 minute cardio workout.

SueInAz

Thanks a lot for the feedback. Very true of what you said. I was just wondering because the last few days haven't been going as well as they have previously lol

I'd like to poke at this statement. Are you taking any rest days? If no, you may need one. Your body needs a chance to recover from cardio. You might also try mixing things up. Alternate jumping rope one day and biking the next, for instance.

I'll also echo the previous poster about high intensity interval training. For example, jumping rope quickly for two minutes and then slowly for one minute and repeating that for 20 minutes has been shown to provide greater benefits than jumping at the same pace for the whole 20 minutes.

canaan90

Thanks a lot for the feedback. Very true of what you said. I was just wondering because the last few days haven't been going as well as they have previously lol

I'd like to poke at this statement. Are you taking any rest days? If no, you may need one. Your body needs a chance to recover from cardio. You might also try mixing things up. Alternate jumping rope one day and biking the next, for instance.

I'll also echo the previous poster about high intensity interval training. For example, jumping rope quickly for two minutes and then slowly for one minute and repeating that for 20 minutes has been shown to provide greater benefits than jumping at the same pace for the whole 20 minutes.

Thanks for the advice. I do usually take some rest days. I usually jump rope between 3-5 days, averaging around probably 4 days. So I don't think rest days are any problem.

I do usually try to mix it up during the workout. I'm not really on a set or time-structured pace, but throughout the workout, I usually try to make sure that I change up my pace. Even if it's for only 20-40 secs, I'll try to speed up things for a bit and not just stay at one monotonous pace.

JoRocka

I find the thing with jump rope is- I'm not great when I have taken a break- and I struggle for a week or so- then I get better at it- and it comes a fantastic litmus test to show my mental acuteness or physical state of being.

It's VERY telling if I'm not eating/sleeping/too much/not enough etc etc- it's such a great exercise AND way to kind of figure out if you're 'losing it'- meaning- too tired or under nourished etc etc.

take rest days- make sure you eat enough- make sure you sleep enough.

hill8570

From a calorie burn standpoint, it's all about your average heart rate vs your max heart rate, multiplied by the total workout time, so the tiny rest makes no practical difference.

From the standpoint of increasing your fitness, you're actually better off exercising faster than normal, with small breaks, or breaks where you skip slowly while your heart rate recovers.