 What's up players? What's going on Zen dudes and dudettes? So we get a lot of that up. We have been getting a lot of questions lately surrounding well Dan This is my goal. I want some fat loss Maybe I want to be cool, you know look cool and do some awesome tricks I want to be better at jump rope because I have a crossfit competition coming up So there's many different reasons why one would so choose to jump over to the rope So today guys, we're gonna be teaching you how to pick your rope depending on what specific goals you have and then Recommending some different things and specs about jump ropes that you should know before going to make your purchase If you like this video guys Please give it a thumbs up below and also subscribe to the channel if you want to make this whole fitness thing more fun and a Little bit easier by adding in some jump rope body weight exercises so that you can travel around the world and just like live The life you want without having to feel like you always need to be in a gym. That's Zen dude fitness We'd love to have you come back again for the next tutorial workout. We'll see you later Say bye Brandon. Say it to him. Say bye Say it dude Thank you. What is up Zen dude nation? So before you actually can learn how to jump rope you need to know how to pick your rope So first we're gonna talk about rope length here I've talked about it in how to jump rope video But essentially the rope cable should come up to around under your armpit as you can see here Just right up to the nipple area top of the chest area That's excluding the handle so you want your cable that long and another good rule of thumb is Three feet taller than your height so I'm 6 3 therefore I have a cable that's about 9 3 now Take a look at these cables right here The nice thing about the cross ropes is that you can buy different length of rope and you can keep the handles So just buying different cables whereas this one right here with the on it You have an adjustable rope that you can unscrew and change the length of it So look for ropes like that when you're picking a rope look can I adjust it or does it have different cable options with The same handles the next for durability. What are you going to be skipping on? Is it gonna be a sidewalk is it gonna be a gym floor is it gonna be rubber inside of a gym? You want to pick a rope here obviously it's endued fitness We always talk about wanting to be out and traveling in the world So more often than not you're gonna be on you know a surface like this that's cement or pavement So you want a rope that's going to last in that type of environment So as you'll see here in a sec this one that I'm using right here is the cross rope and it has a steel Cable now. There's rubber wrapped or not rubber some sort of like vinyl wrapped around the outside of it But then underneath that is a very strong steel cable that can take a good beating on outdoor pavement without having to worry about it You know breaking same thing with the honor rope here You see you can see here as I go down a little bit further here We go you can see that steel cable in there So this is ideal for skipping outdoors especially if you are traveling now next here's an example of a rope It's not necessarily a bad rope, but it's not the most durable type of rope. You see here the plastic Beads with just you know a simple rope string. That's probably not gonna last you that long on a surface like first of all It's not that great to skip with second of all. It's not gonna last that long on a surface like macadam Next we have a leather rope this rope overall is just not one that I recommend. This is popular in a boxing You'll definitely find leather ropes in a boxing gym overall not that great and not the most durable ropes So just look out for that Lastly guys, what is your goal of jumping rope? Are you trying to strictly burn fat? Are you trying to do cool tricks? What are you trying to accomplish? So as you can see here was something like the cross rope This one is great for both burning fat and at the same time Excuse me burning fat and at the same time doing tricks as you can see here The weight of this rope and the weight of the handles allow me to hang on the lean muscle mass and burn fat a little bit higher Of a rate and that's the benefit to weighted handle jump ropes and also weighted jump ropes Now again, like I said you can still do tricks with this rope. So it's a good beginner rope It's durable and at the same time you can still get a great workout in now If you were someone who does CrossFit or someone who is looking to do mostly really cool tricks really really fast I would recommend a steel cable adjustable rope like the on it one that I've shown like the one that's right here This is an example of a steel cable jump rope So the good part about this is it has nice durable handles But then look at how fast you can get going with this rope and not that long of the time So very ideal for double unders. You'll see this type of rope done or used in a lot of CrossFit games So for tricks, this one is definitely more recommended for just fat loss And maybe some tricks I would recommend the cross rope or one that has that one that's similar that has the weighted handle system And also the weighted rope system