Day 38. Double Dutch

Years ago in freshmen wrestling we had to do 500 jumps before we could even begin to warm up.

The first week was painful. Flip rope over. Step over Rope. Flip rope over. Step over Rope. Flip rope over. Repeat to 500.

I steadily improved until 500 was either a 1 or 2 series set of jumps.
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I recently found my jump rope after unpacking in my new house. I used it for my CryoCuff lift, but it was too elastic.

I recently started taking it back to the gym. I've been doing a few hundred a day in the 'activity room' of the gym (before attempting my yoga headstands.)

I've been warming up with typical jumping, but I've been doing at least 50 a day, consecutively, on only my right leg. It feels just as strong and as tight as my left.

A metric that I didn't think of recording was atrophy using a cloth ruler. (And here's to hoping I don't ever get the chance to find out). At 2-3 weeks under full quad tightening I could still pinch off a bit more off of my right leg than my left. Tonight before yoga I did a full quad tightening (by tightening everything I could and then lifting my heel 1/4" off the ground) and I honestly couldn't tell a difference between my left and my right. Meaning all 'atrophied' material must have been reabsorbed into my body or turned back into muscle. I'll have to dig it out later and measure the difference in size to see if it's just tone or if it actually regained everything I lost. Given how well I'm doing on leg press I'm hoping it's the latter.

40 minutes on the bike today.