So if you've been reading this blog with any sort of regularity you know that double unders and I have a love/hate relationship.
Actually it's more like a one-night stand. DU's show up, get me all excited, then they don't come back until they want to.
Well that's about to change. I think.
First off, big ups to my man Jun who donated one of his jump ropes to the I Hate Cardio cause. He knows I can only do the DU's with a certain type of rope and lo and behold one of them shows up hanging in the gym one day with my name taped to it.
You da man.
Quite possibly Jun was influenced by his wife Shauna who totally rips at double-unders. I think she told him "Jun please give Rod a good jump rope so that he stops these angry stares when I'm doing DU's. It's like he's jealous or something."
If I looked jealous that's because I was jealous. But not anymore.
So now I have this cool rope and my very light, very awesome Saucony Hattori shoes that everybody made fun when I first bought them but damn, they work.
The only catch is they're so light that there's not much protection when you miss a DU and the rope snaps against my feet. My toes feel like they're going to break or start bleeding.
Seriously. It's enough to screw with me mentally so that I can't get the timing right on the DU's.
Then on Saturday I discovered that we have duct tape in the RFM office.
It looks stupid but it FRIGGIN WORKS!!!!!!!!!!!!
Jun's jump rope, plus my Hattori's plus the duct tape for protection equals ROD RIPPING AT DU'S!!!!
Well, ripping for me anyway. For some stupid reason I kept getting stuck at my 22nd rep, every single freakin time.
I've never been so happy that I went to a Saturday workout. This one was complex: AMRAP for 5 minutes 30 DU's and 20 sit-ups, rest 3 minutes then AMRAP for 5 minutes again 10 shoulder to ceiling with heavy dumbbells and 10 box jumps, then rest 3 minutes again and the last AMRAP was 10 pull-ups and 10 burpees.
The DU's were cake. Usually 30 DU's would take forever but not this time.
As for the rest of the workout, the box jumps were tough and so were the shoulder to ceiling, especially with 50 lbs dumbbells. Pull-ups were easy but of course, burpees will always suck.
A good workout and a good discovery. And yes the tape is still on my shoes and it's going to stay there.
PEACE!!! Enjoy your Sunday people,
Rod
