 Yo, yo, every video we've made on jump rope thus far has really focused on the physical benefits of jumping rope. And although there's tons of physical benefits and we love them and it helps us get lean and it's fun, today we want to talk about the emotional benefits that come with jumping rope as well. Whoa, brand new emotional benefits. What are you talking about? This is like a fitness channel. What are you talking about? Emotions and stuff. Well, here's the deal guys. We are all human beings and we all deal with adversity on a daily basis and we understand that although this is a physical practice in jumping rope, it can really bleed into the rest of your life and help you just live an overall better quality of life, a happier life, a life that really fills you up and makes you feel good every day. So specifically today, we're going to talk about how you can jump rope to overcome anxiety and stress, something that we all deal with on almost a daily basis. Unfortunately, we live in a society right now, especially in the Western world where if you don't feel good, if you have emotional discomfort, you can go to the doctor and you get prescribed pills to fix your problems or when you get off work and you're super stressed out, you can just go smash some beers and kind of just forget about all the stress from the day. And so what we're doing here is giving you another alternative. Instead of going to prescription pills, instead of like taking drugs or alcohol or whatever to try to mask the problems that you're facing in your life, pick up a jump rope and use it as a tool to transform your life. The greatest thing about jump rope versus like taking prescription pills or going another route is that the jump rope is natural and along with getting the emotional benefits, as you know, you also get the physical benefits. So you're being twice as productive. And so we want to give you this tool to use going forward to better illustrate what we mean by using the jump rope to overcome emotional issues in your life or just be happier. I'm going to bring Dan in for a second. He's going to talk about how he used jump rope to help him transcend his anxiety. So as many of you know, as I've talked about before, I used to suffer very badly from social anxiety to some degree. I still have it. I don't believe that it ever fully goes away, but jump rope has been a tool that's helped me break through a lot of that just by getting into the present moment. So the biggest way that I get into the present moment with the jump rope is a lot of the times we tell you guys about how much music we listen to and everything like that. I don't even listen to music when I want to get through something mentally. I turn off my music and I create my own song in my head. And what I mean by that is I start skipping rope and I find my rhythm. So if it's that one, two, three, four, one, two, three, four. And I begin to create this own song as I'm skipping rope and focusing on what it is that seems to be bothering me. What parts of my body feel in pain? Basically, guys, what I use this for is to get into the present moment because when you're skipping rope and you're matching those beats perfectly, no matter how my feet are moving, whether it's regular bounce, running in place or boxer skip, what I'm doing is sinking those steps to be that one, two, three, four, one, two, three, four, consistent rhythm. And I'm just continuing to get into the present moment. And as most of us know, the best way to get through what you're going through is getting into the present moment and figuring out what it is that's giving you pain in the first place. So jump rope is great for that because if you mess up, that breaks your sense of presence. So what I'm trying to do is stay in that present moment for as long as I can. So I even run a little contest with myself to see how long can I continue skipping at this same rhythm? And usually about 30 seconds to a minute into it, that's when I reach this point of really good presence and discovering what pain is inside me that I need to deal with. So this can be a great way, guys, to not only, you know, jumping rope can be a great way to just escape all the stresses that you have of the day and just get your body back set to that present moment so that you can focus and knock things out one at a time going forward and you don't get overwhelmed. Me personally, I want to tell you a story about how I use jump rope to overcome stuff I deal with on an almost daily basis. So as you may know, Dan and I run this startup, right? We have this YouTube channel which is helping you guys get lean and have fun with the jump rope. But behind that, this is actually our life. Like, this is our business and with the business comes stresses and things that come up on almost daily basis where we have to deal with problems that come up in the business. We have to deal with angry people. People are upset dealing with the setbacks that we have in our own life, whether it be relationships in business or personal relationships. And so there's constantly stuff that's like being put in front of us as like an obstacle for us to move through. And so what I do personally is this protocol. I'm going to take you through right now. So whatever I'm dealing with, if I'm stressed, if I'm overwhelmed, this is what I do with the jump rope to overcome these feelings. So what I do is when I feel a really strong emotion around something that's upsetting me, I hold it in my mind and I picture it. The image, the memory, whatever it is from stressing about something from the past or something that I'm worried about for the future. Maybe it's right in front of me right now. Whatever it is, I picture it in my mind. I throw some jump rope jams on and I just start skipping rope, focusing on this thing that I want to move past. And as I jump rope, I go more and more intense as the emotion feels stronger. And I use the physical exercise to help move me through this emotion I'm facing. And so what I usually encounter is as I'm jumping rope, as I up the intensity, as I'm getting closer to exhausting myself, I'm able to more surrender and let go of the thing that I thought was really important. I get more clarity, I feel more calm. I'm able to bring myself away and out of that experience and I start to get some perspective on what's really going on. What am I really facing and how should I really be experiencing life right now? I want to show you here, this is me jumping rope and I want to really talk you through what I'm doing, what I'm visualizing as my eyes are closed in this example. And so the goal here really is for me to get to complete exhaustion where I'm completely surrendering to the thing that's causing me emotional pain. So when my body begins to reach that exhaustion point, I just keep pushing. I imagine breaking through the image of what's causing me pain. And the harder I skip, the more the emotional pain dissipates. And I just keep going, I keep going until I feel myself completely transcend that emotional pain and I start to feel my heart opening up. And I got to tell you guys, this only works if you push yourself to complete exhaustion. You have to be pushing yourself as hard as you can. This means throughout the entire process, you're pushing yourself with all out effort. This combination of pushing yourself physically through your emotional pain will allow you to break through it and find peace on the other side. We hope our stories and specific tactics help you find more peace, more tranquility, more joy, more love in your life. With that being said, we'd love to hear from you. If you've gone through experience similar to this, if you use jump rope like this or maybe you try it out and you want to come tell us about it, drop your comments below and tell us your story. And if this video was helpful for you and you want more like it, please subscribe to the YouTube channel. We constantly put out YouTube videos to help you get lean, have fun with a jump rope. And if you'd like more of a community to help you with this process, you know, getting the body that you want, having the emotional experience that you want, then join our free forward challenge. We'll link it up in the top right hand corner of the screen for you right now. We have an awesome community. I think we have 5,000 people in that community in the Facebook group right now. And along with that Facebook group community, we also give you 4 weeks of workouts in PDF format that you can go through as well. And finally, guys, if you want the jump rope that we use in this video, the jump rope we use all the time, whether we're working out or making tutorials, we'll link it up in the description below for you. It's made by Crossrope. We love those dudes because they make the best and most high integrity ropes and that's why we use them. That's it for today, guys. I hope this was helpful. Doses.