Electric Lib

The Two Hops

Today in bio we did a really fun lab involving jump roping. There were four volunteers (Tyler, Maayan, Paul and Pat A.) jumping rope in two minutes intervals, about 10 times. There were two timers, four temperature takers (assigned to each jumper), and a few observers assigned to each jumper also (my job was observing Maayan, which I did, very well). All the jumpers happened to be varsity athletes so I had a lot of confidence in their jumping abilities. They all got tired and sweaty, which is understandable, especially because they were doing the one jump style.

Alice reported that in her class, out of the four jumpers (Alice, Ruthie, Emmett and Kendra--all varsity athletes as well) she was the only one to do the two hop style, which is what I do. The one hop is impossible and not fun at all. So I prefer the nice, casual two hops. It's still challenging, just in a different way.

So I got home and felt like I need to exercise, but instead of going to the gym, I opted for jump roping in the kitchen while I watched tv. I jumped for 10 minutes (sooooo tiring), then did lunges for 10 minutes (again, sooo tiring). It was just wonderful though. Now I'm all energized for my long weekend! Hooray! Posted by lib at March 21, 2006 07:46 PM