Skipping?

0000879k

Apologies if there's a similar thread to this

Anyway, thinking of buying a decent sipping rope and getting stuck in. Is this a good form of exercise - if so, how?

Anyway, I jog everyday and it doesn't seem to be doing much for me atm, so thinking of laying off on that (do it maybe 4-5 times a week) and starting skipping 5 times a week? Would ya's recommend this?

Thanks.

TommyKnocker

Firstly what is your reason for exercising? What are your goals?

You stated that jogging "doesn't seem to be doing much for you at the moment" though you jog 4-5 times a week.

How long have you been jogging (days/weeks/months)? How long for each session (time/distance)?

Skipping is a good exercise, but it may not be the one best suited to your goals (which you didn't mention).

And if your goal is weight loss/body composition, then your diet will be a huge factor in this.

0000879k

TommyKnocker wrote: »

Firstly what is your reason for exercising? What are your goals?

You stated that jogging "doesn't seem to be doing much for you at the moment" though you jog 4-5 times a week.

How long have you been jogging (days/weeks/months)? How long for each session (time/distance)?

Skipping is a good exercise, but it may not be the one best suited to your goals (which you didn't mention).

And if your goal is weight loss/body composition, then your diet will be a huge factor in this.

Goals. - Weight loss. (not much though, I've lost a good but, just like 6 pounds or so to go)

I've been jogging for about 2 months now.

Length - Well I do a kind of circuit back to my house and I've gotten it down to about 55 mins. (not sure what distance it is, around 5 mile my dad reckons :P)

And yeah I have a fairly clean diet.

Stench Blossoms

0000879k wrote: »

Goals. - Weight loss. (not much though, I've lost a good but, just like 6 pounds or so to go)

I've been jogging for about 2 months now.

Length - Well I do a kind of circuit back to my house and I've gotten it down to about 55 mins. (not sure what distance it is, around 5 mile my dad reckons :P)

And yeah I have a fairly clean diet.

What's a fairly clean diet?

0000879k

Stench Blossoms wrote: »

What's a fairly clean diet?

breakfast, 2 boiled eggs.
lunch, chicken breast on a wrap. (white wrap.. brown/wholemeal ones taste like crap :pac:)
Dinner, Changes most nights, for example last night was lasagne.

I know it's not perfect, but it's a calorific deficit and I eat no junk food and drink lots of water.

TommyKnocker

Well no expert here, but I have heard numerous times that the last few pounds are the hardest to lose.

Personally I would not advise swapping running for skipping in the hopes of burning off those last few pounds. But maybe include a few 10 minutes sessions along with your running throughout the week.

Or try doing some sprints instead of one of your usual 5 mile runs.

Warm up, then say sprint as fast as you can for 30 seconds, recover for 30-60 seconds and sprint again, trying for 10 sprints. If you have a park near you with football pitches, then sprint the length of a pitch, walk back and go again. As you get used to it

• increase the length of thes sprints
• decrease the length of the recovery periods
• Increase the number of sprints

Something else that could help would be some resistance training, whether that be body weight or using weights. Maybe check to see if there were any Kettlebell classes near you.

Have a look at Marianne's site for Kettlebell and body weight routines that you can do at home.

Final point I will add for now is do you know how many calories you are eating each day Vs how many you need. Remember that as you lose weight, your calorie requirements will drop also. A person at say 9st will require less calories to maintain their weight then when they weighed 10 st.

I know a fair few friends and family members who did not grasp this and thought that once they had worked out the calorie requirements and knocked off the obligitary 500 calories to induce weight loss, that was it for life. Then they wondered why they hit a plateau.

Keep at it as consistancy is the key.

HTH

TommyKnocker

0000879k wrote: »

breakfast, 2 boiled eggs.
lunch, chicken breast on a wrap. (white wrap.. brown/wholemeal ones taste like crap :pac:)
Dinner, Changes most nights, for example last night was lasagne.

I know it's not perfect, but it's a calorific deficit and I eat no junk food and drink lots of water.

Doesn't sound like a whole lot of food depending of course on Age, height, Sex and current weight and exercise level. What about veggies and healthy fats?

0000879k

TommyKnocker wrote: »

Well no expert here, but I have heard numerous times that the last few pounds are the hardest to lose.

Personally I would not advise swapping running for skipping in the hopes of burning off those last few pounds. But maybe include a few 10 minutes sessions along with your running throughout the week.

Or try doing some sprints instead of one of your usual 5 mile runs.

Warm up, then say sprint as fast as you can for 30 seconds, recover for 30-60 seconds and sprint again, trying for 10 sprints. If you have a park near you with football pitches, then sprint the length of a pitch, walk back and go again. As you get used to it

• increase the length of thes sprints
• decrease the length of the recovery periods
• Increase the number of sprints

Something else that could help would be some resistance training, whether that be body weight or using weights. Maybe check to see if there were any Kettlebell classes near you.

Have a look at Marianne's site for Kettlebell and body weight routines that you can do at home.

Final point I will add for now is do you know how many calories you are eating each day Vs how many you need. Remember that as you lose weight, your calorie requirements will drop also. A person at say 9st will require less calories to maintain their weight then when they weighed 10 st.

I know a fair few friends and family members who did not grasp this and thought that once they had worked out the calorie requirements and knocked off the obligitary 500 calories to induce weight loss, that was it for life. Then they wondered why they hit a plateau.

Keep at it as consistancy is the key.

HTH

Thanks for that, i'll add some sprints. I already do some thursdays (soccer training)

And yeah, I'm already lifting weights. (have weights at home) And do it about 4 times a week.

hellosunshine2

Skipping is a good exercise because it helps you burn calories. However, it all boils down to what's your diet like. Remember, you must burn/use calories more than you eat. You can do this by controlling your current diet or increase your exercise routine. Good luck.

The Guvnor

Skipping is excellent - the only issue with it imo would be that it requires a lot of skill.

As a result to skip for 30 minutes (as I used to do - no chance now) takes a bit of practice to avoid getting tangled up etc.

Ropes are affordable so definitely get one and give it a go but do start off slow and leave the fancy moves til a bit later!

AntiVirus

0000879k wrote: »

Anyway, thinking of buying a decent sipping rope and getting stuck in. Is this a good form of exercise - if so, how?

Have you any idea at how long you'll have to skip to burn the same calories as you would by running your 5 mile route in 55 minutes and at what skill level do you have to be at to do that. It's not 10, 20, 30 minutes but closer to 60 at a moderate level and thats non stop.

You would be best of sticking to your running and add in some skipping.

Why not just jump up and down and spin a couple of bags in your hands. The rope isn't going to help you lose weight. The advantage of using a couple of bags is you can add more weight to it. Or better still run and skip

Running is much better for weight loss than skipping.