 What's going on ZenDude Nation? Hope you guys are doing well. So the video that you're about to watch is part of a new series that Brandon and I are doing. It's a seven-day challenge. I just want to be up front in saying that this is for our app that is going to be released in about probably six to eight weeks and we're super super excited about it. So we just wanted to let you guys know that this is definitely more of a beginner tutorial and challenge and we wanted to make those aware in our community who are a little bit more advanced than have been following ZenDude Fitness for a while. If you feel you're past the beginner level don't worry about this next these next seven days of videos because it's mainly for helping those very very beginners come on board. If you're an advanced member of the community be sure to check out our Samurai series also our Ninja series and some of the other more advanced tutorials on this but I just wanted to give you guys that heads up so you weren't like dude why are you guys doing another beginners tutorial? It's for the app that's coming out that we're super psyched about so check out the video leave comments and let's keep doing the things ZenDude Nation. Myself Brandon the other dude Dan he's going to show up here tomorrow he's going to coach you up. We are here today to teach you how to jump rope. Now over the next seven days you're going to get a little tutorial each day with a little short workout that's going to give you the steps to jump rope over the next seven days. Don't worry about having to do any fancy tricks right now we're going to start with the basics and take it slow so get ready let's hop into it. Now as we get into this video I'm going to assume that you already have a jump rope and it's already sized correctly if you don't have a jump rope and it's not sized correctly then we have videos on YouTube to teach you that. Now what we want you to understand about jump rope is it's not like running it's not like a lot of other cardio like bicycle riding like this is a skill that you're going to learn right you aren't going to be an expert the first day you try to jump rope but it's a skill that you can learn with us throughout this challenge and you can get continually better and better at as you practice so have fun with this gamify it don't put pressure on yourself don't get frustrated just go with the flow and let's take this one step at a time the first thing we're going to focus on today is getting your rhythm down so we're not using any jump rope and we're just going to bounce our feet and get ourselves in a nice jump rope rhythm this is going to be the same rhythm you're going to use when you bring in the jump rope and do jump rope regular bounce all right ladies and gentlemen finding your rhythm this is the first and most important part of understanding how to jump rope because jump rope guys is all just a rhythm you're just skipping the rope and you want your feet to be in tune with the rope so as you can see Brandon here is doing a simple practice that we recommend for everyone who's starting out just jumping up and down on his toes and counting that rhythm one two three four one two three four one two three four see that how it's nice and fluid his knees are slightly bent and his toes are on the ground but really guys what we want to focus on in this video specifically is just the rhythm and getting that one two three four into your head and associating that with with the skip of the rope we're trying to do things very basic here and keep it pretty simple for these first few videos now that you've got the rhythm down we're going to bring in the jump rope and what you want to do is focus on bringing that same rhythm you had without the rope in with the rope now so we're not doing double jumps we're not trying to jump twice before we skip the rope underneath our feet again we're just doing one skip with one jump over and over all right guys now we're going to go ahead and incorporate the rope in so all Brandon's doing here is he's still keeping that rhythm look how symmetrical his body is now we'll talk about his other form in a different video but for his rhythm it's nearly perfect if you can see here Brandon's feet are coming the same height off the ground each time and they're hitting the ground at the same exact time i gotta say a good job be that form is pretty flawless that's exactly what you guys want it to look like that nice fluid nice fluid rhythm one two three four one two three four you see that nice and fluid guys so make sure to practice up next we have a little workout for you guys to practice this two sets of 30 seconds with a 10 second rest in between make sure to check this out make sure to practice before watching tomorrow's video all right ladies and gentlemen so here we're just practicing um i'm having you guys do this twice so two circuits of 30 seconds but you could also if you're an overachiever and you need to practice do this four times okay so i'll do the first two with you guys and if you're feeling a little bit advanced and like you want to learn faster than do four challenge yourself but again brandon's form is pretty much impeccable here notice throughout this this whole thing all i want you guys to focus on um before we get into the other things is his rhythm it's literally perfect one two three four and never ever changes and that's very important to look out for guys last set here jump rope regular bounce jump rope regular bounce we're not going for speed we're not going for tricks we are literally going for exactly how you see brandon doing this find your rhythm you know it helps me a lot listening to music particularly hip hop gets me into my rhythm it helps me jump rope a lot better so if you have a favorite kind of music it's a good way to get your feet working in the same rhythm and to provide a little bit more intensity and motivation and fun to your workouts guys thank you so much for watching this video make sure to come back tomorrow and watch day two of this seven-day beginner jump rope challenge