I watched Ross Enamait’s conditioning DVD last week – well part of it.  Up to the skipping part, but there’s a good reason for me not going any further: I’ve been skipping wrong all my life!!

My version of skipping involved me making a two-footed jump over the rope followed by a small two-footed hop for no reason.  So every rope turn involved two jumps.  So often ended up looking like my legs were a bour and my arms were hardly moving.

But after watching the DVD I now realise the basic rope skip is one foot after the other hopping.  That took me 25yrs to learn.  So anyway – after some practice I decided to do an EIT/ICT workout using skipping instead of running.  Here it is:

  • Skipping: 30 secs
  • Burpees: 30 secs
  • Star Jumps: 30 secs
  • Shadow Boxing: 30 secs

Repeat 5 times without rest.

That should have taken 10 minutes but I somehow got to 11:30 so either I missed or added something along the way!

I had a minor pull in my ankle from ju jutsu the previous day which made my jumps a bit painful but I fought through it as this will be my final EIT/ICT before the rest split so I wanted it to count.

My average heart rate during this workout was 169bpm – which for me is pretty high and its pushing the boundary for my lactic threshold.

Also did a quick forearm workout later on:

  • Wrist Roller: 3 sets of 2 reps.
  • Wrist Twist with Sledge: 12 + 10 + 6 (moved hand down shaft to make it harder – hence the reduced reps)