15:00 Jump Rope

Very little time to workout today -- it's 'Prom' night! No, not actual Prom -- it's my company's annual Winter Gala. Every January they rent out a museum for us to frolic about in; we get dressed up super fancy and drink their booze whilst trying not to ruin the priceless dinosaurs or diamonds or canoes or whatever. There aren't a ton of opportunities in my life to actually wear a shiny dress, so I always enjoy the excuse. This year I ordered a new dress, which is currently sitting at the FedEx store, conveniently located on my route home from the office. Inconveniently, my wallet is sitting on the table at home and the FedEx guy needs my ID to release my package. So I have to go home, come back, AND get prettified before 8 PM, which isn't going to leave a lot of time for exercise. If I manage to squeeze in 15 minutes, it's going to be this 15 minute jump rope workout from the Women's Health Big Book of 15 Minute Workouts.

Pre

Energy Level [1-5]: 4

Sore Areas: Legs hurt, but I think they're bruised and not actually sore

Yesterday: No exercise, four-more-years champagne

Environment: indoors - FREEZING. Coldest day of winter thus far.

Workout
Equipment: Jump Rope, 5 lb dumbbell
Work Time: 21:00

Jump Rope

Minutes	Jump Type	Speed
0:00 - 1:00	two-foot jump	Moderate
1:01 - 2:00	single-foot jump [:30 R / :30 L]	Moderate
2:01 - 3:00	two-foot jump	Moderate
3:01 - 4:00	single-foot jump [:30 R / :30 L]	Moderate
4:01 - 6:00 4:01 - 5:00 5:01 - 5:30 5:31 - 6:00	two-foot jump two-foot jump butt-kicks high knees	Fast Fast-ish Fast-ish Fast-ish
6:01 - 7:00	two-foot jump	Moderate
7:01 - 8:30 7:01 - 8:00	double-under jumps	Fast
8:31 - 9:30 8:00 - 9:00	two-foot jump	Moderate
9:31 - 11:30 9:00 - 10:00	Jumping Jacks	Moderate
11:31 - 12:30 10:00 - 11:00	two-foot jump	Moderate
12:31 - 14:30 11:00 - 12:00	'Jogging'	Fast
14:30 - 15:00 12:01 - 14:00	butt-kicks [:30] high knees [:30] x2	Fast
14:00 - 15:00	two-foot jump	Moderate
15:00 - 16:00	single-foot jump [:30 R / :30 L]	Moderate
Total: 15:00 16:00

Ab bonus!
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Post
Energy Level [1-5]: 4
Stretch Time: 15:00
Total Time: 40:00

Day After
Sore Level [1-5]: 0
Sore Areas: None! Surprisingly.

Comments
Couple things ended up happened -- first and most importantly, I decided to stop by FedEx before I went home just to see if I could get my package without my license, and the guy at the counter totally accepted my work badge as a valid ID! Win! So since I didn't have to trudge all the way home and back, I got to spend a little extra time at the gym -- I threw in the ab workout I skipped on Thursday to the end and took the opportunity to do some extra stretching.

Turns out I suck at jump roping. Or, rather, I suck at jump roping fast. I can keep my little moderate pace forever, but the second I speed up I start whipping myself with the rope. Not fun. So instead of speeding through 2 minutes, I added some butt kicks and high knees. Then the double-under jumps were a disaster, so instead of struggling through them for 2 minutes and spending most of that time tripping over the rope, I gave up after 1 minute and moved on. I added in more single-foot jumps later to make up for it. I also got bored 'running' so I went back to the butt kicks/high knees, which I figure are pretty much the same but harder.

Also, I somehow ended up doing 16 minutes instead of the 15 it was supposed to take. Don't really know how that happened, honestly...

{EDIT} -- the first two rounds of single foot jumping were supposed to be :30 each, not a minute. So I feel less bad about having to cut that minute in half and do :30/leg twice because after :30 my calves were ready to fall off