06-17-2011, 03:00 AM
I think my jump rope is called a "speed rope." I got it at the annual AAHPERD convention years ago from a group that was promoting jump-rope as a form of aerobic exercise. It might have been the American Heart Association.
As near as I can remember, the rope is two plastic handles with the appropriate length of some sort of white, plastic clothesline. A metal screw was threaded straight onto the clothesline to hold the end into the handle.
I rarely jumped on asphalt for any extended period of time. I was working at a circus school and was able to jump on a "sprung" floor. Imagine the runway that gymnasts use to approach the pommel horse.
Covert Bailey's book "Fit or Fat" was popular at the time. I jumped my twelve minutes of aerobic activity three or four times a week. Would jog or ride a bicycle on other days. The young circus students were surprised I could keep up with them at all when jogging.
Haven't jumped in many years, as I no longer have a decent floor with high enough ceilings. Have switched to rowing.
Best wishes, Todd's not-quite-out-of breath keyboard
As near as I can remember, the rope is two plastic handles with the appropriate length of some sort of white, plastic clothesline. A metal screw was threaded straight onto the clothesline to hold the end into the handle.
I rarely jumped on asphalt for any extended period of time. I was working at a circus school and was able to jump on a "sprung" floor. Imagine the runway that gymnasts use to approach the pommel horse.
Covert Bailey's book "Fit or Fat" was popular at the time. I jumped my twelve minutes of aerobic activity three or four times a week. Would jog or ride a bicycle on other days. The young circus students were surprised I could keep up with them at all when jogging.
Haven't jumped in many years, as I no longer have a decent floor with high enough ceilings. Have switched to rowing.
Best wishes, Todd's not-quite-out-of breath keyboard