intensifying the jump rope ??

[A.Jay]

hey can anyone give me some advice on makeing my jumprope routine more intense......... i read the article on rosstraining.com about intensfying the heavybag and found it made me work harder but i was wondering if there was something similar i could do with the jump rope

cheers for any help you can give me

[tebe6sm]

1 burpee
50 rope turns
2 burpees
50 rope turns
3 burpees
50 rope turns
4 burpees
50 rope turns
...........
10 burpees
50 rope turns
9 burpees
50 rope turns
..........
2 burpees
50 rope turns
1 burpee

[GTL]

burpees KILL

[egonct]

burpees are amazing

[fraidycat]

I do "sprints" on the jumprope -- 10- or 20-second bursts of high knees with crossovers, or doubles, then 30-60 seconds of regular jumping. Very much like interval running, only with the rope.

[British Pitbull]

double unders

[SpeedKillz]

1 burpee
50 rope turns
2 burpees
50 rope turns
3 burpees
50 rope turns
4 burpees
50 rope turns
...........
10 burpees
50 rope turns
9 burpees
50 rope turns
..........
2 burpees
50 rope turns
1 burpee

a GREAT routine. i second this very much!

[A.Jay]

rite cheerz very much tebe6sm i will try that routine im not very good at burpees but i geuss you gotta start somewhere i need to start doing ham string stretches more i think...... also when i workout at home i skip indoors with no shoes on sometimes it hurts my feet quite bad but i find it easier without shoes anyway but could this cause any long lasting damage and would this make doing burpees harder

cheerz for da info guys

[tebe6sm]

rite cheerz very much tebe6sm i will try that routine im not very good at burpees but i geuss you gotta start somewhere i need to start doing ham string stretches more i think...... also when i workout at home i skip indoors with no shoes on sometimes it hurts my feet quite bad but i find it easier without shoes anyway but could this cause any long lasting damage and would this make doing burpees harder

cheerz for da info guys

I believe causing damage usually depends on the surface your jumping on (i.e. those lock-together mats are lots better than concrete). I've done burpees in feet before but I find everything easier and I feel more in a training mode with shoes on, but I don't think feet v. shoes is going to have that big of an impact on LT damage. But then again, I'm no doctor....

[mrh1275]

sprint/double unders 1 min
light jump rope 1 min
repeat 10 times
sprint/double unders 30 sec
light jump rope 30 sec
repeat 5 times
straight into 100 body weight squats or 100 push ups.

ive just don this routine about 5 mins ago