Dear CrossFit, Double Unders Aren’t About Jumping Higher

Dubs aren’t about jumping higher, they’re about moving your hands faster.  As I’ve aged and, I’ve noticed that both my hands and feet have gotten slower.  So, now as part of my warmups for CrossFit Silver, especially for dubs, I do “quick feet” and “quick hands” drillls.  These help mitigate the damage performed by sitting a desk for endless hours with motionless feet and just fingers tip-tap-typing away.  Quick hands drills can include clapping hands as fast possible, shadow boxing as fast as possible, doing the hand jive from Grease at double speed, and playing catch (with a soft ball) where you start with your hands behind your back, on your shoulders, on your hips, behind your knees, or anywhere other than right in front of you.  Quick feet drills include toe taps, dancing, kicking a ball back and forth, clicking heels together, clicking toes together, and running in place with your feet barely leaving the ground but moving as fast as possible (think FlashDance).  If you do these warmups, your hands and feet will be moving faster and dubs will magically appear.  It’s not about the rope, and it’s not about the jump, it’s about how quickly you can move your hands and wrists…

I wonder what tomorrow’s WOD will be…