Jump Rope Anyone???

Remember back in the day when as kids we would jump rope for fun? Then as we got older, we realized what a good workout (cardiovascular) jumping rope was even though we (most of us) didn't do it??  Well, when I was at the gym the other day, I noticed this very large, very thick rope sitting in the corner. Curiously, I asked Kathi what it was for and she replied, it's for working out.. and I thought that was the end of the discussion.  Then, on Tuesday night whilst watching the Biggest Loser, I noticed that they were using this rope thing and swinging it back and forth and I even said to Timmy, "we have one of those ropes at the gym.. how ironic that thay are doing it on BL".. 

WELL...  today, guess what I did at the gym? I swung that rope like a maniac. I thought I hated kettlebells, but they have nothing on this stupid rope!!! Talk about getting your heart rate up in about t minus 2 seconds..  I was sweating balls and near hyperventilating..  swear words were free-flowing out of my mouth.  That damn rope must have weighed 300lbs..  (kathi swears it weighs only 75 lbs..whatever) I gotta tell you the exercise does not look hard when you watch it on a video or look at a picture. I dare you to try to go for more than a minute and not get winded..

Moral of the story, never bitch about the kettlebells or the TRX system outloud (or in a blog) b/c you might find yourself doing something worse..  now I can't go back!!!

**kind of funny, but as soon as I was done bitching about the ropes, Kathi said "this will end up in the blog for sure!" - she knows me too well!!***