As of last night I’m at 491.4 miles. An add-on ride on Monday night with my friend Matt contributed. Thanks Matt!
I’m doing OK calorie-burning-wise as near as I can tell from what my Apple Watch records. I’d like to get closer to 1000, but I’m OK being above 500 on average for now. The trouble getting to 1,000 is just the amount of time required.
My weight is slowly coming down. At the start of the season I was around 178 to 180 pounds in the morning. I now seem to be at 169 to 170 in the morning. As of yet it’s not really something I can feel, and I consider these the ‘easy’ pounds to lose. The hill always gets steeper when I’m trying to lose weight.
I’m still looking at what to do about jumping rope. I still have one of my old leather speed ropes. But I need a mat:
- On concrete my speed rope won’t last long.
- Concrete destroys any rope fairly quickly.
- My old joints don’t really want to jump on concrete, regardless of shoes.
Running shoes aren’t great for jumping rope since they have a thick heel support that isn’t really used (heel doesn’t touch the ground much when jumping rope) and can also snag the rope on doubles, crossovers, etc. I prefer my wrestling shoes or boxing shoes, but need a cushioned mat to use them. I put a mat my wish list on Amazon that I think will be fine.
Why jump rope? It burns a lot of calories fairly quickly, I can do it in the rain, and I can do it in the winter in the garage. It also uses muscles that don’t get as much of a workout from cycling.