Quote Originally Posted by Gyrokai
Thanks guys.

Andysutils, even though I can run 5 miles, and work as hard as ever every round.

I barely got comfortable with 3 minutes of jump rope this week. Next week I'm moving up to 4 minutes. Stick with that, then move up to 6 minutes, and so on.
It takes people different amounts of time to build it up, but its actually not the jumping that makes you tired so quick, its the extra pressure and unrelaxed jumps to make it over the rope that burn you out so quickly because you have not yet learnt to relax enough whilst jumping but that will all fall into place the more you practice.

If you put weights in each of your hands which are the equivalent weight of the rope itself and pretend to skip without the actual rope itself, you'll be able to do it for much longer barely getting tired.

Some tips for you.

1. keep your back straight at all times
2. keep the rope close to your waist
3. its best to start off hopping with both of your feet simultaneously, this is the easiest method to master.