094: Taekwon-do, CrossFit, and UltraRunning with Olympian Jump Ropes

Your Jump Ropes Co-Host Increasing Athletic Performance:
Today’s Jump Ropes loving co-host is a believer, husband, father, TKD black belt, Level 2 Buddy Lee certified jump rope trainer, CrossFit junkie, and he’s just happy to be here.
Chris Rawlins is a recovering Ultrarunner and a CrossFit Athlete for past 3 years. He’s embarking on a mission to change the approach and use of jump rope throughout the world of CrossFit. It’s the one thing that Crossfit universally gets wrong.
On This Episode You Will Hear:
- [01:20] It’s more of a Skill than a Talent.
- [02:00] Vinne and Fitness Confidential.
- [02:30] Scott’s Goats.
- [03:55] A 5th degree blackbelt and picking up a jump rope 20 years ago.
- [04:35] Bruce Lee’s Enter The Dragon.
- [05:55] 12 year old blackbelt.
- [06:35] Rocky movie influence to the jump rope market.
- [07:30] Achieving Level II Certified Trainer with Buddy Lee.
- [10:00] Comparing to Rx Smart Gear ropes and the Mil-Spec Ropes.
- [”11:00″] Cables for Speed.
- [”11:25″] Rope Training is like the belt ranks in martial arts.
- [”12:25″] CrossFit doesn’t know everything.
- [”15:00″] Double-Unders clinics and CrossFit Ground Speed.
- [15:30] Training at CrossFit Ground Speed.
- [18:00] Double-Unders relating to the rank advancement from Red Belt to Black Belt.
- [”20:00″] UltraMarathon’s.
- [”21:20″] Building a conditioning foundation.
- [”23:25″] Annie a CrossFit benchmark WOD.
- [”24:35″] A proper 10-15 minutes of warmup!
- [”25:25″] The wakeup call from the CrossFit Open 17.5 workout.
- [”28:00″] CrossFit isn’t perfect.
- [”31:15″] Build locally before growing globally.
- [”34:30″] Limited shelf-life of the competition lifestyle.
- [”37:40″] Tracy O’Connell ranked 7th in the world for CrossFit Games Masters here in 2017.
- [”41:20″] The ABCDE teaching system.
- [”42:45″] The shortest path, the BL Book!
- [”55:40″] Jumping rope like the Ride of a Cadillac.
- [”57:25″] Measuring jump rope cord tips.
- [”58:35″] The story behind WHY, Buddy Lee, an Olympic coach.
- [01:03:00] Chris’ mission to properly get all CrossFit and Coaches up to speed on the Buddy Lee system.
- [01:05:20] Catch up with Chris Rawlins and Buddy Lee as vendors at the 2017 CrossFit Games in Madison, WI!
- [01:06:55] Final Words
The Rope Master is the Ride of a Cadillac… – Chris Rawlins
Links and Resources:
- Chris Rawlins on Twitter
- Chris Rawlins ep 852 on the Fitness Confidential Podcast
- Buddy Lee ep 856 on the Fitness Confidential Podcast
- Buddy Lee Jump Ropes
- The BL Complete Jump Rope System
- The BL Book
- Kicks for Christ with Chris Rawlins
- Buddy Lee’s ropes
- Compare to Rx Smart Gear
- Compare to Mil-Spec Fitness
- Bruce Lee’s “Enter the Dragon”
People Mentioned:
- GRANDMASTER E.C. AHN of the HAE San Martial Arts Association
- Buddy Lee
- Vinnie Tortorich
- CrossFit GroundSpeed
Final Words:
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