This may sound ridiculous, but I actually started "fake jump roping" a couple of weeks ago. I don't have room in my apartment to use an actual jump rope (and I'm sure my cats would complicate matters even if I did
). So I just do jump rope moves with my feet (ad libbing however I like) and mime a jump rope with my hands.
I feel a bit ridiculous and hubby laughs at me (in a nice way
), but adding this into my regular routine has gotten me through a plateau. I was doing strength training 4x/week (2 upper/2 lower) and cardio 2x (30-40 minutes). Two weeks ago I started adding in 15-20 minutes of "fake jump roping" after some of my strength training workouts and occasionally after my cardio videos as well, and I'm now down 2 more pounds.