Ngathanda I-Competitive Jump Roping Ngineminyaka engu-30

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Ngangineminyaka engu-32 ngaphambi kokuba ngithathe intambo yokugxuma, kodwa ngavele ngabanjwa. Ngawuthanda umuzwa wokupompa umculo wami wasendlini nokugxuma imizuzu engama-60 kuye kwengama-90. Ngokushesha ngaqala ukungenela imincintiswano ye-jump rope engayibona ku-ESPN-ngisho nangemva kokutholakala ngine-multiple sclerosis.

Ngo-2015, ngangenela i-Arnold Classic, umncintiswano wami wokuqala wamazwe omhlaba-yiSuper Bowl yezingcingo ezigxumayo. Kodwa lapho ngineminyaka engu-48, ngangiqhudelana nabaneminyaka engu-17 kuya kwengu-21 ngenxa yokuthi babengekho abanye abagxumayo esigabeni seminyaka yami. Ukubukeka engakuthola lapho ngithatha indawo yami enkundleni yezemidlalo ngalolo suku lwenjabulo e-Madrid-wawucishe ubezwe becabanga, "Wenzani lapha?" Bengingacabangi ukuthi nginethuba. (Okuhlobene: Kungani Kufanele Uqale Ukuzicabangela Njengomsubathi)

Ngiphumelele ukweqa kwejubane ngemizuzwana engama-30 ngisho nangemva kokulahlekelwa isibambo, kwathi ngomcimbi wesibili, ama-unders amabili (lapho intambo idlula khona ngaphansi kwezinyawo kabili ngejubane ngalinye), isixuku besisohlangothini lwami. Ngezwa umuntu ethi, "Uyahamba, ntombazane! Kwenzele amantombazane amakhulu!" Ngasebenzisa ukuhalalisa kwabo okukhulu njengophethiloli ukuze ngikwazi ukungidlulisela ezenzakalweni ezimbili ezikhathazayo ezilandelayo: ukuphambana komzuzu owodwa nokugxuma ngesivinini imizuzu emithathu. Imilenze nomzimba wami kwaba sengathi amakhowe ngemva komcimbi wokugcina wokuphambana kabili. (Okuhlobene: Le-Fat-Burning Jump Rope Workout Izokhanyisa Amakholori Asezingeni Elikhulu)

Emcimbini wezindondo, kwaba kungenangqondo ukuzwa igama lami ngokuphindaphindiwe: Ngawina amagolide amane kanye nesiliva. (Izindondo bekungezeqembu lami leminyaka engu-31 nangaphezulu, kodwa amaphuzu ami abezongenza ngibe isibili uma ngiqhathaniswa nabaneminyaka engu-17-21 emicimbini eminingi.) "Izingane" engangisanda kuncintisana nazo zazigxuma phansi naphezulu. kwami. Ngenkathi ngiqoqa izindondo zami, ngenza iphuzu lokuthi, "Akukhulunywa ngeminyaka noma ngosayizi. Kumayelana nentando nekhono lakho."

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