20 minutes

i discovered a new workout today and 20 minutes was all it took for me to become thoroughly sweaty and exhausted. most of the sweaty-ness may have been due to the crazy humidity we are experiencing (which makes me a little bit nervous for the next few months), but i feel like i earned some of the sweat, too. the new workout was:

playing with a jump rope.

who knew it could be such a great workout? even after the first minute i wasn't sure if i was going to last. now, i didn't jump rope for 20 minutes straight... no way! - maybe some day if i keep working at it, but not for my first time. i jumped for a minute then marched in place for a minute and repeated that until i hit 16 minutes and then to finish it off i jumped 4 minutes straight to make sure i was really exhausted.

it was a great quick workout and after doing some internet searches it turns out that most of cyber space agrees. i may be doing this every week to switch things up a bit. maybe next time i will try doing squats or lunges during the resting minutes. anyways... it was exhausting, fast, easy, and i only needed one thing: a jump rope!