Day 4 is done. I had to skip yesterday because it rained in my area (I do all of my jump rope workouts in the great outdoors!). This workout kinda sucked at the beginning, probably because I was eager to jump in without doing the full "JRD warm-up", but I managed to find my groove by the time I hit rounds 3 and 4. A lot of agility-based footwork tricks in this one

Finished Day 3 today! Wasn’t as challenging as Day 1 was, and my body feels like it’s gotten back in the groove again with regards to the jump rope portions of the workout (I feel more flowing and less stiff than the past two days)

Day 2 is done! This was another instance of “simple not easy” for me (workout looks simple but it’s hard especially if you push yourself to the max and sprint on the “Jump Rope Run in Place” parts)

Hey everybody, I decided to do the first workout even though I technically didn't sign up for the challenge. It looked simple and easy. It wasn't easy 😅

I could tell I was in for a tough workout after just the first round (in the good sense). That's what I get for not jumping rope and not doing cardio for so long. The jumping lunges will quickly wipe out your lungs if they don't kill your thighs first.

What I hope to achieve with this challenge is what I always hope to achieve when doing jump rope: burning off as much excess fat from my body as I can, and getting back my endurance and stamina that I have lost from not doing cardio for so long. I know that weight loss is mostly done in the kitchen, but exercise-wise that's always the goal whenever I do cardio workouts.

Same here, Joe. I use my 1 and 2 lb ropes when the workouts require them. Otherwise I like sticking with my 1/4 and 1/2 lb ropes. I mean I will sometimes use the 1 lb rope too when I want something heavier than the 1/2 lb, but I never pull out anything heavier unless the workout series calls for them (like the "Torch" workouts on JRD YouTube channel)

I also own the limited edition heavier ropes too (3/4 lb, 1.5 lb, 3 lb) and haven't used them much outside of that one workout the JRD guys did a long time ago.

Decided to do this workout today because it looked simple. Haha, simple NOT EASY. As I found out after finishing the first round. By the fourth round I was exhausted.

I still got wiped out because I lost more cardio conditioning than I thought I did when I took a break from jumping rope and plyometric calisthenic movements (like the jumping lunge). Looking forward to Day 2 (which I am guessing is going to be a Cardio-focused workout instead of Jump Rope + Bodyweight resistance exercises)

I think it’s different for different people. Personally speaking I never got used to anything heavier than 1 lb if you are talking about jumping more than 30 seconds without rest

Congratulations on getting halfway through! See ya again on Week 3 Day 1!