5K skipping practice

[@tinalewis6782]

Awesome video! Your skipping looks so smooth and light - like you're floating! You'll do great on your 5k. 👍🏻

[@PunkRopeNYC]

Thanks so much Tina! Sometimes I feel like a clumsy elephant. I think my next career will be ACTING. 🤣

[@user-sg8kq7ii3y]

That's a really smooth-looking skip! Looks very smooth and rhythmic! Also looks very low impact. What I find so inspirational is how you've adjusted your activity based on what you can physically handle at the moment. Thank you for providing a great example for the rest of us! Doing the best that you can given the circumstances that you are dealing with. Thank you Tim!

[@PunkRopeNYC]

Thank you for the kind words. My mantra is: do what you can with what you have. It helps me to navigate through life…most of the time.

[@brucewells6823]

Very interesting, guys. I'm going to try that tomorrow.

[@PunkRopeNYC]

Bruce let us know how it goes.

[@nordwolke]

Thanks for this video which is a great inspiration. I am always on the lookout for something I can do active-wise outdoors. I was a runner for many years, nowadays I hit the footbike (a scooter with bicycle wheels) outdoors and I skip the rope indoors most of the time. I have just tried this skipping practice in the hallway of our appartment building. Just a couple of skips back and forth. I will look, if I can do it in the park or if the paths are too narrow. But in our vacation spot on the north sea I know a great long boardwalk a little bit comparable to the location where you skipped. So, I am having plans to try it out there for a couple of skips. We will see where it leads me. I definitely want to work more on my cardio/endurance. :) And I agree that watching Shana and you always looks very smooth. Love watching you two.

[@nordwolke]

PS: The sun came out after rain and we took a walk in the park. I took along my rope and every now and then I threw in a couple of skips. Not 75 yet! RESPECT! But I could skip and walk a cool amount of time. Maybe 20 to 30 secs or something. Definitely something I will do more this summer and see if I can increase endurance. Edit: I used the punk rope cherry bomb rope.

[@PunkRopeNYC]

Let us know how it goes. The spot along the North Sea sounds perfect. Long distance skipping can be very meditative but only if there aren't too many distractions.

[@nordwolke]

@@PunkRopeNYC I have been doing sitting meditation for over 10 years. I should know how to ignore distractions ... theoretically ... and practically ... 😬Of course, this works out better one day than another. I will let you know whether I get distracted by the crepes booth. 😎

[@PunkRopeNYC]

You’re my hero. I struggle to meditate for 5 minutes. I keep trying though.

[@nordwolke]

@@PunkRopeNYC Everyone struggles to meditate for 5 minutes. I still do. But it gets better over time like with skipping. Just practise and then there might be days with glimpses of a kind of silence for a couple of seconds. And if not, there are thoughts that want to be thought. Let them come and let them go when you realize that they have caught your mind. I did a 3-day zen retreat in 2018 with an American "Punk Zen Monk" (Brad Warner - Hardcore Zen on KZbin). 🤗 That is when you learn that sitting can become quite painful after a while ... 😬

[@user-sg8kq7ii3y]

Sorry, I forgot to ask...Wouldn't a beaded rope work better for this particular application - skipping on concrete for a 5K? Won't the PVC rope hitting the pavement cause it to get chewed up and break during the race?

[@PunkRopeNYC]

I’ve skipped more than a dozen 5Ks with this style of rope and have had no issues. I imagine a beaded rope would work fine although it would probably require more effort. It’s really a personal choice.

[@user-sg8kq7ii3y]

@@PunkRopeNYC Awesome! Proves the durability of the Punk Rope! All the best to you during your race! And thank you for the inspiration! Your Punk Rope channel started me on my skipping journey!

[@PunkRopeNYC]

Thank you so much! The race went pretty well despite the heat and the crumbling boardwalk. Keep on jumping!

[@miguelmclaughlin3526]

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