How Declan McCarthy Jumped Every Day for Three Years (#40)

“That’s what I love, just seeing people learn new things. Especially when they’re put in all of that effort and see it pay off.” —Declan McCarthy

On this episode I talk with my good friend Declan McCarthy. We recorded this episode on Dec’s anniversary of jumping everyday for three years. Obviously this guy knows a thing or two about consistency. Dec was one of the first people on the podcast, and we really dig into everything that has happened in the last year or so since we last spoke here. Spoiler: he’s done a lot, and has a lot of valuable things to say about training and long term motivation.

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Show Notes

2:21 Reviewing Last Year

5:03 Dec’s Journey Becoming a Personal Trainer

6:09 Online Training as a CPT

11:47 Exciting Moments as a CPT

13:25 Important Qualities of a Jump Rope Coach

16:12 Dec’s Weight Loss Journey with Jump Rope

18:37 What Have You Learned In Three Years of Jumping?

28:54 Learning Jump Rope Quickly on Instagram

31:56 Jump Rope Goals

36:13 Offering Jump Rope Advice Online

41:05 Jumping Every Day For Three Years

45:06 Advice to Be Consistent

53:27 How Do You Embody Zest?

54:18 Redefining Normal Workouts

56:25 What Is Jump Rope To You?

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Here’s what you should be doing during the Swing

Doing a Running In Place Cross to a Swing Transiti

Doing a Running In Place Cross to a Swing Transition is a classic pattern that’s great for cardio & is just really cool to do! Here’s how you do it correctly:

👉 The top hand in the Cross is the side that you are going to swing to first. This is critical because it feels like your hands are just opening up next to your body

👉 But when you put your hands in that position, the hand that is farther from your body ends up being the dominant hand, pulling the rope over to the other side of your body

👉 If the dominant hand stays on top for the second Swing, it’ll be super easy to get back to a regular Single Under

👉 And if you mix up these hand placements, it’s going to be a lot harder haha so look at exactly where my hands are, because getting those hand positions done correctly means you’re going to be able to do this whole sequence nice and easily!

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The Inverse Leg Over to a Cross is kind of the wei

The Inverse Leg Over to a Cross is kind of the weirdest leg crossing skill haha here’s how you do it:

👉 The leg you lift should moves across your body. You’ll probably need to need to turn your torso a little bit to actually make that leg get over to the other side

👉 Your hand should go underneath your knee next to the outside of your thigh. When you do this hand placement, it’s very easy to block the path of the rope. So placing the handle right behind your knee so the rope will be wide enough to actually pass over your body!

👉 And once the rope does come around, just let your hands drop down into a Cross. Use your leg to push your hand down next to your side into that crossed position

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Doing consecutive Basic Crosses without doing extr

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