Growing up in La Florida, we always watched 'black belt theater' every saturday afternoon. Its amazing how many asian guys were named Bruce. Anyway, after the 'bbt' every kid in the neighborhood was out in the yard going over all the new moves he'd just spent the last hour and a half memorizing. Wasn't long before the staffs and numb chucks came out (always home made) with the obligatory crack to the skull. Once or twice we even had a self imposed TKO.
Starting out with jump ropes can sometimes be similar. Toes get whipped, the rope smacks you in the back of the head, I just watched rocky for the umpteenth time and tried the side to side fancy moves only to tie myself up in a series of goofy knots.
However; getting past the initial foray, jump rope is another great and all to often unused conditioning tool.
Its an excellent way to get the heart and lungs working,
Its good for recuperation and active rest.
Its great calf work
Good for coordination
Its raining and you can't go to the track? hey, lets all jump rope tonight.
One of my favourite schemes for utilizing the jump rope is as an active rest between exercises in a circuit.
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