I do about 10 mins of skipping a day… alterneating legs and raising the knee to chest level when doing so…
Can anyone tell me if this is enough? And what tyou may reccomend
I’d suggest you skip for a miniumum of 20 minutes a day.
When I used to skip a lot, I’d do about 5 minutes of light skipping (2-3 skips per second), then 5 x 3-minute rounds of different skipping exercises, i.e for instance one round of alternating legs, next round skipping on left leg, next round on right, fourth with knees high, fifth with cross-overs every 10 skips etc.
Between each round I’d go back to light skipping for 1-minute or just skipping while whipping the rope on the outside of your body. After the rounds, I’d cool-down with 5 minutes of light skipping.
Be creative. These days I alternate dumbell/Kettlebell swings or snatches with skipping, which had turned out to be a killer workout.
Hope it made sense…
KG
Skip within the context of my post was meant as jumping/skipping rope. You could skip/jump with or without the rope (in place).
KG
Originally posted by inic
you guys are confusing me with your lingo. when you say skip do you mean jumprope or skip like hopping/jumping forward (like young girls will do a lot)
when i say skip i mean the light hopping foward from one foot to another. kinda like the motions of hopskotch
acutally, you can do that while you jump. I hopscotch, skip, jog in place, jog around, jump in paterns and do the running man (remember that dance?) all while jumping rope. it’s good for footwork and also varying up your jumping keeps it from getting boring.
When I used to skip a lot, I’d do about 5 minutes of light skipping (2-3 skips a minute),
Kempo guy , your confising me, do you mean you do 2- 3 skips in a minute (isnt that extremely slow) or 200-300?
I’m getting quite toned on my torso, forearms and calfs by doing my routine, is this regular?
I know its a cardio exercise and also expected the calfs to do as they have but the torso thing is a little strange to me, i jus dont understand how they are toning themselves, anyone help me out, i know it may sound like a ******* question 
(ie, abs are even more prominent and muscles over ribs are more detailed)
I have no idea what you guys are talking about “skipping” but if you were to do 20 minutes straight of jumping Hindu squats, you’d be in freaking awesome shape. 
IronFist
Souljah,
Sorry dude, I meant 2-3 skips per second…
IronFist,
Jumping hindusquats!!! Nice.
Have to try that for a couple of minutes sometime.
BTW, we’re referring to jumping rope. See your ‘beginner’s guide to boxing’ manual for reference. 
KG
lol, thanks for the input
Jumping hindu squats? ****.
Souljah, what kind of jumprope do you use?
Here’s a link to a cool article about skipping. i’ve been trying to build up to it with good results.
Qi dup- I use a rubber rope, its good but the heavier material ropes are much better
I prefer to use a ‘weighted jump rope’ for most of my skipping. They have weights in each handle…
KG
One of my training buddies has a big, heavy rubber rope. the weight isn’t in the handles - the rope is the weight. It’s a great workout.
well , the thing about skipping ropes is that they are just that ropes… and its not hard to customize the features, I will eventually do it with 2 of those 1kg weight straps (sold at MAM!)
on each arm. I can do it with 1 on each leg (ankle) but they jus keep sliding and are very irritationg when your trying to work out, I thought about jus strapping them down with some duck tape but thats just a little inconvenient for every time i train…
hmm, maybe I should wear them permenantly…
(piccolo style)
Firstly I would sugest investing in a heart rate monitor.If you are doing your 10 minutes and not going above 130 bpm then I would say you are simply not pushing yourself.
Sugestions
push for the last 10-20 seconds (most would do this at the end of there 2or3 minute rep.)as fast as you can go
Every minute do 5 doubles or triples(as in jump up and pass the rope through twice etc)
These are just ideas,the point is to push your heart rate up to over the 150 bpm at least, as it sounds as though you are cruising at the moment.
Ka, Yea i may be cruising but im not trying to over exert myself.
Iwant to get used to a certain level, that way my heart rate should eventually lower as I become fitter. Im not so sure about your idea of pushing your heart rate to 150, my resting heart rate is about 68. Which apparently means I have a decent level of fitness, after my light skipping i clock it at about 95, which is still good. After heavy heavy exercise (sprinting, speed rowing, etc) Its about 120-130.
Now i can push it to 150 but what would be the point…kill myself by over exerting my heart?
Im doing sets of exercises which I can sustain and eventually bring down my heart rate, to be more relaxed while doing strenuous exercise…
soul
Dude, I’m 31 years old and my resting heart rate is below 60 (usually mid-50’s). But I can still get my heart rate up to around 170-180 if I exercise using the right combinations of exercises.
You need to get your heart rate up in order to get the most of your workout. I recommend you sustaining a heartrate of 75-85% of max for at least 15 - 20 minutes… To get an estimated max heart rate subtract your age from 220 (if you are of average health whatever that means…). Of course the older you are the lower the number of which you subtract from… There are probably more knowledgeable people here on this but the above is what I was taught in my PE classes in College… :rolleyes:
You may want to look at HIIT training protocol as well. You can find good information on it here.
KG
i get my heart rate up… then what, dont exercise for a week?
I need a work out thats sustainable, then I can build on it.
I will do it the way i feel im progressing…i feel i have a strict regime at the moment
daily=
-7 mins skip (alternating legs, and singles)
-15xfull situps + 15x crunches + 15x situps with legs raised =45 ab execises
-5-10x leg raises (both legs straight, raised from about 6 inches to about 3ft)
-30x side crunches
-30x ‘pumps’ lying on back(thigh exercises- dont know the real name for this)
-30 squats
-15 pushups (then 2 with one leg off the ground)
-5-10x crab pushups
REST
repeat 2 more times
This workout has proven to be very effective and I am much more defined and fitter than I was before (though not as fit as my basketball days )
The workout mentioned (apart from skipping) can be done in about 5.30 mins, I know this because I do it to a tupac tune of that length:D
I also do some light bench pressing for my chest, only lifting about 40k.
I dont measure my heart rate regularly.
Kempo- what sort of a HR moniter do u use? if its the ones at the gym they r bull****! (they seem to make my heart rate much higher if im sweating more! which is inaccurate!)
look forward to hearing from u
soul:D