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So, it's Friday again, so it's round 2 of the Open. And I may have met my Waterloo. The weights look prettty heavy straight off the bat, but the problem is going to be the double unders. I can't skip for toffee. I can maybe string together 3 or 4 single skips unbroken but I can no more do a single double under than I can fly. Hmmm. I have from now until 10 o'clock to learn

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Irishprincess profile image
IrishprincessGraduate

I had to google "double under".The things you learn on this site! You can do it. Go Rig!

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Sandraj39Graduate

All sounds ridiculously challenging! Where are you doing this? Good luck with it all, especially your double unders!🙂

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OldflossAdministratorGraduate

Yeah.. you can do it...whatever it is??? I need to do an IP and google it..

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Rignold in reply to Oldfloss

If you skip to about 13 mins on the video they actually do the whole thing.

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OldflossAdministratorGraduate in reply to Rignold

That was pretty... awesome...Do you do this for pleasure?

I could manage the skipping... maybe!

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goonkeepgoingGraduate

Good luck! Not sure what all the exercises are but I think the 'open' concept is great.

Rignold profile image
Rignold

Well that was a pretty disastrous attempt. The skipping defeated me, as predicted. i had to break teh 50 double unders down into 2s and 3s and only just scraped the time limit on the first round and failed completely halfway through the second. Very low score, But having completed one round I get to stay in and progress to next week's, so not a complete bust.

I really need to learn how to skip properly.

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Sandraj39Graduate in reply to Rignold

I am sure someone who leaps through fire and generally laughs in the face of pain, will not allow himself to be defeated by skipping?! Well done for getting through to next week🙂.

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TomasGraduate

Well done Rig on getting through to the next round. that in itself is a great achievement given what they asked for.

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JaySeeSkinnyGraduate

People do that for fun? A whole new world opens up!

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AnniemurphGraduate

Oh my goodness. I was gobsmacked just by the toes-to-bar exercise. If I tried to skip normally I would no doubt catch my foot in the rope and end up tangled in a heap on the floor.

Go, Rig! You are amazing!

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Rignold

practising my skipping once an hour on the hour. Can string 4 in a row now. Still not very good but 4 better than yesterday. Trying to learn co-oridnation exercises at my age is a frustrating experience. Old dog, new tricks and all that. Am going to persevere and have another go at the workout on Monday morning before the submission cutoff.

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