skipping on concrete - good or bad

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i do it everday and my shins hurt a bit but nothing serious yet; just gotta strech alot

 

Irrelevant IMO. If you're on your toes it does not matter much how hard the surface is. If you're flatfooted and make hard contact with the ground perhaps a gym floor is better.

 

i agree with this however i have heard it can be bad and cause shin splints?

 

Yes it can, but it depends how advanced you are at jumping rope. If you're reasonably new to it or just not very good at it, I would not recommend it. I personally don't care much, because my contact with the floor is very controlled.

 

if you are getting shin pain that is probably signs of shin splints from skipping on concrete. As rdj said it depends how advanced at skipping you are, if your just a begginer skipper i wouldnt skip on concrete. I always use the boxing ring at our gym to skip in, it has a nice spring to it..If your getting shin pain rest, you dont want a bad case of shin splints, they can be painful and put you out of training for a whike if bad enough.

 

Same thing happened to me, if you've no space to skip indoors on wooden floorboards or carpet, put a rug or two over the spot where you're skipping. Bad idea to skip on conrete alone, because there's no give it won't absorb the force of you're jumping, meaning its absorbed by your joints instead.

 

it doesnt make the same noise on carpet though
i think ill stick to concrete

 

ive been skipping on a running track thats made out of something that springs back a little, like a mix of rubber with cement or something like that...its been a little bit better than concrete where I get crazy pains in my legs.

try to avoid concrete, buddy lee says so

 

try skipping rope in a ring or on a hardwood floor if you can. shin splints are a ***** and concrete can do to you.

 

i skip on carpet, feels a lot better when you land

 

I have a piece of carpet in the garage that I use to skip on, fairly thin and still does the trick for me.

 

i had simular problem with my shins i got afew old car tyres with a board over them and started skipping on that!

 

i have flat feet and i always skip on concrete no problem...

 

I used to skip on concrete in my basement and got a little shin splints, but then I went to my grandma's house for Thanksgiving 2 years ago and jumproped in her driveway and got the worst shin splints ever.

I found a pretty good way to rehab them though, but now when I jump rope in my basement, I put a rug down and a yoga mat under the rug

 

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