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Performance Area => Strength, Power, Reactivity, & Speed Discussion => Topic started by: adarqui on September 29, 2010, 05:36:21 am
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am i a grouch? these bug me, i see them in every video now.. i can this being effective in circuits (conditioning)/for some shoulder power, .... dno.. i mean for conditioning, i never see anyone jump roping in videos anymore, it's always UNDULATING ROPES!$@!$
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AgaA9_J5qRA
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But, bro, don't you know? All the top MMA guys use the ropes. THEY ARE SO HARDCORE!
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I can has undulating ropes??
Is they are good for vert???
:P
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But, bro, don't you know? All the top MMA guys use the ropes. THEY ARE SO HARDCORE!
i know right, so many fads in s&c.. i still crack up at how badly mma fans want to watch the weigh ins :P
I can has undulating ropes??
Is they are good for vert???
:P
hahahaa!#!@$!@
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Hi Andrew
you shouldn't be so hard on the undulating ropes. I have a set I use with my clients and they are a cool conditioning tool. The people I train like them because it is fun, easy on the joints, and really hard work. For people who have leg injuries, or need to take it a bit easy on the lower body for a while it is a great alternative.
When the weather gets warmer here in Melbourne I plan on doing some conditioning circuits using my prowler (lower body obviously) and the ropes (upper body). I can't see them helping your vert much (unless you need to drop some weight), but for people who need grip strength and general shoulder/upper body strength endurance such as say - an MMA fighter, it would be a good training tool.
That said, I am with you on the skipping rope. I love mine and wish I could get more people using them. I have just ordered a weighted one and am looking forward to having a play around with it.
I am voting for you being a grouch. So is the Thinker. ;D
Jack
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FWIW, I think a lot of the mocking on here comes from it being a fad, not from it being inherently stupid. People saying it's the "ULTIMATE WORKOUT" or treating it like some awesome training secret.
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hell i don't care, i just jumped on the fact of insulting adarq, i voted yes!
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FWIW, I think a lot of the mocking on here comes from it being a fad, not from it being inherently stupid. People saying it's the "ULTIMATE WORKOUT" or treating it like some awesome training secret.
Which is totally fair enough. The ultimate workout - my ass. Fadish - yep. A decent enough training tool - yep. A good excuse to vote Andrew as a grouch - totally.
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Hi Andrew
you shouldn't be so hard on the undulating ropes. I have a set I use with my clients and they are a cool conditioning tool. The people I train like them because it is fun, easy on the joints, and really hard work. For people who have leg injuries, or need to take it a bit easy on the lower body for a while it is a great alternative.
When the weather gets warmer here in Melbourne I plan on doing some conditioning circuits using my prowler (lower body obviously) and the ropes (upper body). I can't see them helping your vert much (unless you need to drop some weight), but for people who need grip strength and general shoulder/upper body strength endurance such as say - an MMA fighter, it would be a good training tool.
cool, ya they look fun
That said, I am with you on the skipping rope. I love mine and wish I could get more people using them. I have just ordered a weighted one and am looking forward to having a play around with it.
jump rope is legit! I have a weighted rope, I actually find it easier than my non-weighted, because non-weighted spins faster.
I am voting for you being a grouch. So is the Thinker. ;D
Jack
The Thinker hates me because I exposed his squat numbers.
:d
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everyone wants to vote me a grouch I see how it is, FSCK ALL OF U!@$!@$
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everyone wants to vote me a grouch I see how it is, FSCK ALL OF U!@$!@$
AS I sit here checking in onthe vote count you are getting OWNED. Literally TWICE as many people have voted you a grouch then not. Currently it is 2 to 1.
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everyone wants to vote me a grouch I see how it is, FSCK ALL OF U!@$!@$
AS I sit here checking in onthe vote count you are getting OWNED. Literally TWICE as many people have voted you a grouch then not. Currently it is 2 to 1.
whoever voted for me not being a grouch, i'm going to paypal you big $$.
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The ropes are definitely being overdone since they are one of the newer "fads" in training but I have ropes and they are actually useful, just not overdone. HIIT circuits for core work with rope slams, side to side rope slams, punch combos with the ropes, etc. but almost purely explosive core work, my ropes weigh over 40 lbs though, those little light weight ropes are pretty useless imo. But the jump rope is used every single day with everyone in the gym, the ropes make up about .05 % of total training time.
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These ropes:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SBiDETwwPgU
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These ropes:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SBiDETwwPgU
hah nice, those look heavy duty.
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Right after hurricane Katrina, alot of us went to Louisiana to help people clean up and rebuild, these were on a huge spool used to tie barges and ships, was like the only thing that survived, ships were torn to pieces, ropes stayed strong.
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Right after hurricane Katrina, alot of us went to Louisiana to help people clean up and rebuild, these were on a huge spool used to tie barges and ships, was like the only thing that survived, ships were torn to pieces, ropes stayed strong.
props for going out there and helping man, that must have been a crazy experience/scene.
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Of course you are a grouch Andrew!!!
I have never used the ropes so I have nothing to add to the discussion other than they are a fad and like any fad it kinda turns me off. Although they may have some benefit in the instances Lance and Jack pointed out.
Alex
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I voted no, so give me some paypal dollarz nao!!
these jumprope things remind me of how a professional wii gamer should be training.