Summer's over but the workouts never stop

I know I've been off the radar for a spell but now I'm BACK! I might even be better than before but don't get your hopes up. Where have I been you ask? Working, playing, eating, drinking and carrying on.
I'm happy to report that over the summer I did officially master the jump rope. I can criss-cross, dance like a boxer, go backwards as fast as I can go forward and hop from foot to foot in rhythm with my new obsession Kaskade. Give her a try the next time you're at the gym. All you need is "Fire in your New Shoes" the Dragnet remix and you'll completely forget you're working out! Her entire album Dynasty is great for workouts.
My favorite jump rope workout is as follows: 100 straight jumps forward (counted out in twenties), then 100 backwards (counted the same) followed by a minute of rest. Then I do tens of my favorites. Ten straight jumps at a relatively quick speed, ten double hops on each foot alternating, ten straight hope from one foot to the other, and 5 criss-crosses. I do this cycle 5 times and then I fall dead on the floor. Start slow! I reccomend trying to jump in from of a mirror, it helps me keep from swinging my arms too much and jumping to high.

Another major change I added to my workouts are my Five Fingers by Vibram. If you haven't heard of these things you live under a rock and probably don't read blogs. I'll explain in case you haven't anyway. They look like a glove and separate all your toes. The idea of these things is to corrrect the way that we heel strike when we walk and run. It makes you use more of the pads of your feet and they are amazing. My sister got them for me for my birthday and at first I'll admit I was sceptical. They seemed like a gimmick and anyone who knows me knows how much I hate a gimmick. Funny thing is the first day I wore them a woman walked up to me and said, "Where did you get those? Theyre so cute!" I guess in LA if it's in it's cute. Forget that these are on every runners foot at the park, they really do make running a pleasure. Take this as gospel from someone who hates running. I promise as soon as I can I'll put up a video of me jumping rope in my "cute" five fingers. Maybe if enough people "like" this link on Facebook I'll do it sooner than later. Until next time! Stay tuned for my quest to do the splits!