Hey, what's up you guys?
Welcome to Lifestyle Mondays, where every Monday, I try to make your life just a little
bit better.
Today, I'm finally going to be telling you guys my workout routine because you guys have
been asking me to do this video, and so I decided it was finally time to do that.
I'm going to tell you guys exactly what I did to transform my body from this to this.
Let's get started.
For this video, I want to focus on something a little more specific that really focuses
on what exactly I acquitted to changing my body, and that is jump rope.
Jump rope is something that I've done since I was 20 years old.
Because I've always been a pretty athletic person, but for some reason, when I was that
age, when I looked like this, I just could not get any definition in my body, and I also
could not get a six pack no matter how hard I tried.
I ran, I did sit-ups, I swam, I biked.
No matter what I did, I would lose fat everywhere else in my body but not here, and I also wouldn't
get any definition.
One day, I was in the steam room, I saw this boxer come in who started jumping rope in
the steam room, and he was completely shredded.
This gave me an idea to try that out for myself.
From that point, I bought my own jump rope, and I started jumping rope for 15 minutes
each time for three months, and then I saw a drastic difference in my body.
Once I saw that difference, I kept doing it for another year until I finally got this
photo right here, which is my first magazine cover when I started modeling in New York
City.
Again, this video's going to be focusing mostly on jumping rope.
However, if you guys want to see one of my typical workouts, you can check it out in
the description below.
I'll put one of my standard workouts that don't require any weights, so you can do them
at home.
Also, I was thinking of possibly doing a separate video, a 30-minute video where I do a 30-minute
workout with you guys so you guys can follow along at home and also be able to refer back
to this video any time you want.
Let me know in the comment section below if you want to see that video.
Do #TrainMeTrav and give this video a like, and if I see enough interaction, then I will
definitely do that video some time in the next few weeks.
As far as jump rope goes, I do several different styles of jump rope, which I will be sharing
with you guys right now.
Travis in the gym is going to help us today demonstrate those as I tell you guys a little
bit more about them right now.
Before you begin, you want to make sure the size of the your jump rope is right for you.
Stand on the jump rope and pull both handles as high as you can.
Beginning jumpers handles should reach to the base of their shoulders.
The more experienced jumpers handles should reach anywhere between your armpit and the
base of the chest.
The second thing you're going to want is a workout armband to hold your phone while you
jump.
The armband that I use is called the Sportholic Workout Armband from One Plus Three.
The Velcro is strong and designed to fit almost anyone.
I never have a problem with it slipping or not staying in place.
It's also water resistance so you don't have to worry about sweat damaging your phone while
you work out.
I let the company know I was mentioning the armband in this video, and they offered you
guys a 40% discount if you want to try it out.
Go to the website and use discount code "TRAVFITS" to get 40% off.
Try it out and let me know what you guys think.
The first jump you want to start off with is the basic jump.
Keep your elbows in and your wrist loose and swing the rope at whatever pace is comfortable
for you.
Bring your shoulder blades together and keep your back straight as you're jumping so that
a perfect vertical line could be traced from the occipital of your head down to your ankles.
When you're landing, make sure you're only landing on the balls of your feet.
It's important to remember as you're jumping to keep your abdominal muscles engaged.
It might be hard to do this at first while you're getting used to jumping, but if you
really want to see your abs transform, flexing your abdominals while jumping is key to make
that happen.
Skipping is a great recovery style of jumping because this style requires the least amount
of energy to sustain.
You skip by keeping your rope moving at a steady pace while alternating landing on each
foot with every jump.
This style is great for catching your breath after a sprint or after your legs begin to
fatigue from the more complex or challenging styles of jump.
If you want to tone your calves, try jumping on your left and right foot for a few different
steps.
I generally jump 20 reps on each leg before I switch, and I go back and forth until my
muscles fatigue.
Jumping jacks are an easier style that keep your heart rate up, but also the wide jump
is good for toning the areas in your inner and outer thighs, as well as your glutes.
Skis are similar to jumping jacks, but they're a little more challenging because as you do
them, you'll really feel the burn in your hip flexors and outer glutes and thighs.
The last two forms that I switch between are butt kicks and knee highs.
To do butt kicks, you do exactly that.
You kick your ass.
Trigger your hamstrings to kick your heels as close as you can to your butt.
Knee highs are great for warming up, but they're also great for springs.
However, you want to make sure that when you're doing knee highs, you're not kicking your
knees so high that you're compromising your lower back.
Use the mirror to make sure you're not only able to kick your knees high enough to feel
the burn in your legs, but also so that you're able to keep a straight back to prevent the
possibility of injuring yourself.
That concludes my basic, 15-minute jump rope routine.
Thank you guys for watching, and now back to Trav in the bedroom to wrap this thing
up.
Finding the jump rope for you is also very important.
The reason I like this one is because it has adjustable handles, so you unscrew this at
the top here and you can adjust the length of your rope, depending on how tall or short
you are.
I'll put the links for all these things in the description section below.
But yes, that is my typical workout routine.
I guess that's all I have for right now.
Thank you guys so much for watching, and we'll see you next time.