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I started jumping rope while I'm unable to attend my usual gym, and it's not even close to a proper 30min stair climb session. I could jump rope for 4 hours and it'd still fall short. 6 miles of walking, which is not exactly taxing on the cardio system, ain't gunna do shit, chief.

RTHKI wrote:

Can't have high blood pressure if you never test for it.

Big brain plays right here. It's Schrodinger's cardio!

It'll come to you. There's a rhythm to it that's easiest to get right if you think about smacking the rope into the ground just as you jump. Keep at it--it's handy to have as an option when a trip away from home isn't doable.

Those heavier wires are actually great. Much easier to keep the momentum in the arch and put in less wrist movement. If the wire's hitting your shins it sounds like you might consider holding your hands a little closer and lower to your sides to add some length to the arch. Give it some experimentation.

Hear you on the running pains! For me it's usually my shins that start to ache. It seems to fall short of truly being shin splints, but it's enough that it's not enjoyable. There's several good trails through the ravines around here that I've run on, but after 10K of running it's a slow defeated walk back to the casa to ice my wounds.

I used to enjoy running before the army. Now I'll only run if there's a sport involved.

Running is a sport

re: jump ropes

For me, rapid pace jumping jacks feel more intense than jump rope, but jump rope is also more relaxing (e: and less jarring over time). Also coordination practice, and still decent cardio. Overall highly rated by fitness journals.

Probably zero shame in finding your rhythm with a softer rope or the schoolyard-style plastic segmented ones that won't slice your shins. Uzique, do you have the correct length? ~275-300cm or 9-10' should do pretty much everyone here unless we have dwarves or giants present.

If Jay took it up it could be something he could do with his kids on his spacious suburban property instead of grouse about how hard it is to live with them.

best investment i've made so far since covid has probably been the ASICS and a little backpack. i really enjoy running in the woods, alone, with a podcast for an hour or taking some books and fruit/drink etc and making a few hours out of it. i can't really stand doing laps of a track or stop-starting in an urban environment all the time for roads, cyclists, pedestrians, etc. running from a-->b or in a very wide loop is just so much better. variation of terrain, things to see, little waymarkers for progress ...

i ran a lot through my grad school studies, especially when stuck on a long piece of writing or research. suuuuper useful.

It's Canada Day here in...Canada, so as is tradition I'll be out in the garden getting day wasted on Bombay Saphire. Do ring if you need me. I have civic duty to attend to.

Last edited by Pochsy (2020-07-01 09:41:09)

unnamednewbie13 wrote:

@mac Depending on his frame though that's not too bad for 6'. Might have pulled a muscle doing something else.

He is pretty muscular. I looked at the BMI thing and he is technically in the overweight category by .02 barely worth mentioning.

It's Canada Day here in...Canada, so as is tradition I'll be out in the garden getting day wasted on Bombay Saphire. Do ring if you need me. I have civic duty to attend to.

Lucky you. I just got a flash flood/thunder storm warning on my phone. The phone said "don't go outside unless you are fleeing flooding"

Canada Day: a few days before US independence day
Canadian Thanksgiving: a month before US thanksgiving

you guys always gotta be first huh

SuperJail Warden wrote:

unnamednewbie13 wrote:

@mac Depending on his frame though that's not too bad for 6'. Might have pulled a muscle doing something else.

He is pretty muscular. I looked at the BMI thing and he is technically in the overweight category by .02 barely worth mentioning.

It's Canada Day here in...Canada, so as is tradition I'll be out in the garden getting day wasted on Bombay Saphire. Do ring if you need me. I have civic duty to attend to.

Lucky you. I just got a flash flood/thunder storm warning on my phone. The phone said "don't go outside unless you are fleeing flooding"

BMI is nonsense. I was considered obese by it even when I had a sixpack. It doesn't account for muscle mass or frame.

Jay wrote:

SuperJail Warden wrote:

unnamednewbie13 wrote:

@mac Depending on his frame though that's not too bad for 6'. Might have pulled a muscle doing something else.

He is pretty muscular. I looked at the BMI thing and he is technically in the overweight category by .02 barely worth mentioning.

It's Canada Day here in...Canada, so as is tradition I'll be out in the garden getting day wasted on Bombay Saphire. Do ring if you need me. I have civic duty to attend to.

Lucky you. I just got a flash flood/thunder storm warning on my phone. The phone said "don't go outside unless you are fleeing flooding"

BMI is nonsense. I was considered obese by it even when I had a sixpack. It doesn't account for muscle mass or frame.

you thinking you have good cardio health because you walk 6 miles in a day is nonsense.

what's your resting heart rate? how long can you sustain aerobic exercise?

Last edited by uziq (2020-07-01 11:40:04)