Dan Witmer took on the challenge of jumping rope around 4,000 times per day for one month.
Dan Witmer is half of a YouTube page called Jump Rope Dudes, where they have focused on different challenges involving a jump rope. As the summer rolls on, Witmer wanted to take on a new challenge for himself and set a high standard. In this post, we detail how Dan Witmer wanted to jump rope 100,000 times in 30 days to see how it impacted his overall health and fitness.
Witmer began by breaking it down into a daily number. It came out to between 3,500 and 4,000 jump rope skips per day, which would take about 40-45 minutes. When thinking about this goal, it is extremely difficult, even for someone like Witmer who is used to jumping rope frequently.
“It sounds kind of easy but then once you start doing it, you realize how difficult it actually is. Even 4,000 skips a day. I was like it’s not that much but when you are doing it and doing it correctly, it’s actually more difficult than I thought. And not just fitting it in the 40 to 45 minute workout but doing it everyday.”
Witmer made a video recently to show off this challenge and speak on how it affected him, both mentally and physically.
Dan Witmer Completes 100,000 Skips In One Month
Working out and keeping up with fitness is all about getting into a cardio routine. The same can be said about Dan Witmer and his most recent challenge. Once the goal is set, it is important to put it into action and make sure to get the right amount of skips in.
“One cool part about this process is that once I built that habit of doing this all the time, once I got past that 50,000 skip mark, it did actually become easy. I think my body was used to jumping like this more and also it had just become part of my routine. Sometimes, it’s not about getting the motivation to do a two or three hour workout. It’s just about doing something for five minutes a day and the act of you doing that will help you create the habit.”
View this post on Instagram
Dan Witmer completed the 30-day process and discussed what it did mentally and physically. He noticed an increase in stamina and endurance but also built confidence.
“Probably the coolest takeaway from this challenge was my increased stamina, speed, and endurance. I noticed my ability to go faster and for longer periods of time drastically increased, from a performance standpoint, that’s really exciting.
I could feel myself becoming a better athlete and that’s where I see the power of jump rope really being effective.”
Practice and consistency makes perfect in many areas and fitness is no different. Witmer was able to improve in many ways over the course of 30 days and it was because of his determination and overall routine.
For more news and updates, follow Generation Iron on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.
