Double Under Tutorial (Most Common Double Under Mistakes in CrossFit®)

Are you still working on unbroken double unders? Luckily, there are a few tips and tricks I demonstrate in this video to help you avoid the most common double under mistakes!
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7-Step Double Under Progression: • Double Unders Progress...
Free Double Under Training:
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Penguin Drill Video:
• Best Double Under Dril...
Best Jump Rope for Beginners Video:
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If you enjoyed this video, check out the links mentioned above! Here's our free DU training guide: wodprep.com/double-unders/ 7-Step Double Under Progression: www.youtube.com/watch?v=q3Obw... Heavy Jump Rope Video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=sQvbw... Snag You Own Your Own WodPrep Jump Rope: www.crossrope.com/hidden/wodp... Penguin Drill Video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=AQANZ... Best Jump Rope for Beginners Video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=dzGPS...

[@danmanr]

I love your tutorials. Lots of helpful tips. 1975 New Yorker. What a beautiful beast of a car.

[@mitchellleclere289]

1980 Ford Fairmont. Where she wasn’t rusty, she was green. 💚 SnB FTW 🤘

[@annahdawson2788]

1986 Buick Regal, Turbocharged. Great tips and tutorials! This is exactly what I need for my current level of performance.

[@sircob3]

this video has helped me out the double unders are starting to click 2012 ford focus

[@readyme]

I’ve found switching to a JumpNrope R2.5 and it has been great (used to use cheep Amazon speed ropes). 1985 Volvo 740 GLE

[@WELYEK]

Awesome video! You guys are always on point! 1989 Ford Escort XL.

[@megananastacio5217]

1985 Chrysler LeBaron - thanks for the tips - had my best DU WOD ever today!

[@oliemarchal5929]

Good tips! Thank you!

[@ZulkifleCheAbdullah]

Toyota KE 30 1999 and this video really helpful, I'm gonna stick to one type of rope trying to break my 30 reps barriers 😅

[@dorotheetarbah8321]

Awesome video! 1982 VW Golf

[@daniellet7715]

Definitely things in the tips i have not heard before .. thanks Ben .. Food for thought. a lot of us get them then lose them. Um i think its cardio capacity in my case. breathing.

[@Ktmcg2289]

Hi Ben. I always hit the same foot. Videoed and my hands aren't even and one moves in. Thanks for the tip.

[@bking6751]

1966 opel kadet. 4 on the floor. 0-60 sometime within the hour.

[@Jackstar923]

You guys always make very useful points to improvise movements. Can you make a video that focuses on improving upper body strength..!!!

[@WODprep]

I'll add it to the list!

[@daniellet7715]

PUSHING...5x5 reps sets of strict presses, push presses , push jerks, bench presses, Push ups controlled. ( + approx 70 % of your body weight if you doing them chest to ground and tensioning core first leading with the core / butt first and driving body up elbows not flarred out ] push ups are very underratted strength movement. not many people do them correctly but when you do strength will skyrocket,, and you can do them anywhere.. plus on knees or elevated .. ] building weight to failure on the barbell DB movements.. vary using bar bell and Dumbells, or even Kettle bells. PULLING.. Then pull ups strict banded, body weight strict , upto weighted if your strong enough. building sets 5x 3 reps 5x5 reps ,,,three to 5 times per week .. then alt grip low bar pull ups sitting on the floor pull to chest std grip , then wider grip , then narrow grip pending on strength start with 3,3,3 for say 5 sts .. muscle snatches bar bell , Dumbell snatches ,, there are also negatives also underrated.. as the slow negative of any pushing or pulling movement will build the positive. hope this helps ..

[@XJGopher]

First car: 1981 Fiat X1/9... I got it used from a car dealer. It was a fun little coupe but it didn’t have a radio and the reverse gears didn’t work!

[@4tutifruti]

Ford windstar as well!

[@matthewimi]

1978 LeBaron medallion four door with a 4-speed on the floor. One of about 500 made by Chrysler that year

[@jeannefregil9248]

I love your videos. They are great, straightforward and you give instructions quite well.one question on DU what if you keep on getting whipped by the rope? Also I find that I’m holding my breath so I can only hold it so long. Breathing is difficult for me while doing DU. Any tips on both these issues?

[@daniellet7715]

do a ton of singles and learn to beath regular and or even talk whilst doing them .. then do EMOMs of double unders based on your ability. say start witha 5 min emom 20 per min rest then do another 20 so on .. build you cardio capacity fitness along with your skill. ive had this very same issue. one day you just take this deep breath whilst double undering and you go wow now i fell like i can keep going for ever.. its a skill. practice a lot. i did a WOD toaday doing 5 , 10 , 15 to 50 DU's with say a 200 m run between sets alt with any other movement like 5 pull ups or 3 C2b or 10 sit ups... you dont have to do the DUs unbroken but you can work towards that . the idea is to be able to the DUs whilst a bit gassed.. like in a normal WOD .. hope this helps.

[@idziesiezebyisc.6233]

1988 Fiat 126p :) Greetings from Warsaw, Poland.

[@clairebratcher6374]

I’ve got Dub’s thanks to your tutorials but over a period of time practising I end up tearing one of my calf muscles is that just down to not enough strength in the calves and over practise? Blue Ford Fiesta

[@daniellet7715]

stretching and warming up prior to skipping... Down Dog, good mornings , slow jogging, assault bike, and rolling out after .. Doing too many maybe .. based on your ability and calf conditioning... poss prior injuries ? .. cooling down after gentle stretching rolling..

[@RespectforChildren]

Ben, At the 2019 CrossFit Games, masters and teens had a movement called "double unders skipping." I cannot find any video of any of these competitions so far, so I do not know what "double unders skipping" was. Is that another name for double unders? Or does it mean alternating single under/double under every rep? Or something else? Thank-you! I hope you see this message.

[@melanie.velazquez]

1st car - Ford Escort 2000 5-speed

[@michellelamoia862]

1967 Mustang 289

[@bking6751]

Michelle LaMoia I had one of those. Convertible.

[@kholmes3439]

84 Rabbit GTI

[@dorachevres3372]

1988 Mazda 626

[@martylavender7854]

I struggle and trip around 30-40 consistently. Usually the back of my delts burn out. And always seems to be paired with other shoulder burning movements. I don't know what to do. Also I tend to over spin as I get tired. I speed up

[@readyme]

Marty Lavender I’m in a similar situation. I switched to a heavier “speed” rope which has helped. I’m still working it out as well.

[@martylavender7854]

I have thought about a new rope as well. I mean we do tons of them at the box. Lots of wods with 300-400 in them. You would think we would get better. Lol

[@readyme]

@@martylavender7854 I went with the JumpNrope 2.5 and love it so far. Before I only used cheep speed ropes from Amazon.

[@daniellet7715]

learning how to relax the shoulders, breathing efficiency , feeding the muscles learning how to strategise a WOD around your lesser strengths and strengths. like they alway seem to put other shoulder intensive moves into WODS hey just to mess us up .. lol .. like 20.2 for instance .. DB thrusters .. T2B .. so i backed off and did single T2B so i had less fatigue with the DUs helped a lot .. but still need to work on Cardio capacity for more DU's. . so much to learn ..

[@paulcastro109]

Triumph Spitfire

[@HeliMouse]

VW Jetta 1989 white with a 5 stickgear diesel 1.6 turbo

[@ASpec818]

90% of rope jumpers at boxes have ropes that are too long. No one seems to realize this.

[@randydunn1212]

1988 Hyundai Excel. As basic as you can get.