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From: Proctologically Violated�� on 7 May 2008 14:05
Admittedly a little late on this thread, but it's a good idea.
I would mix this with HeavyHands. I think HH is more consistent with the
biomechanical process of walking/running, as it allows the arms to maintain
the biomechanical balance in cadence with the legs, and will probably make
faster walking more comfortable than if you were using a rope.

But rope work whilst walking certainly is fitness-multitasking.

I think this thread/idea came up before.
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"Don" <drwsoftware(a)drwsoftware.com> wrote in message
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>I am not sure if this will help others,
> but I have found a very simple
> inexpensive way to work the upper
> body while walking.
>
> I use a pair of leather work gloves
> and some rope about 7' in length.
>
> As I am walking, I do presses (overhead,
> incline, regular, decline, etc) and
> "cable flys", etc for the different
> body parts -- chest, back, neck,
> wrist, bicep, tricep, shoulders, etc by
> just pulling/pushing on the rope using
> my other hand to provide the resistance
> by squeezing on the rope allowing the
> friction in the work glove to provide all
> the resistance I need. My grip also
> regulates the speed each rep is performed.
>
> Unlike stretch bands, there is no negative
> (Arthur Jones - Nautilus) part of the rep but
> I have greater range of motion on the positive
> portion of the rep since I can provide some
> resistance at any point which is not possible
> with stretch bands.
>
> It reminds me of the old "exer-genie"
> workouts, if you ever had one.
> You press/pull and extend the rope
> though the resistance coil and
> then quickly retract the rope
> to perform the next rep. (One
> of my roommates in college
> who was a shotputter used to
> workout with one all the time.)
>
> The number of different exercises
> you can perform is only limited by
> your imagination.
>
> It relieves the boredom of just
> walking by trying to think up new
> exercises to be performed using
> the rope and I wake up sore the
> next morning which lets me know
> I had a good upper body workout.
>
> Don


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