The Times article points us to this Andrew Huberman/Stuart McMillan video:
Another thing about skipping is, it amuses onlookers.
September 21, 2025
"I still recall with a smile my then 6yo asking 'did they have skipping when you were a kid?'"
From "Skipping Isn’t Just for Kids. It Can Be a Great Workout. It feels like play. Here’s what fitness experts say about using the activity as a training tool" (NYT).
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Hop to it. LOL
Hopping up and down is a great way to increase fascia strength. Much of the old school exercise routines have made a huge comeback. Weightlifting, body weight exercises and calisthenics, rope skipping, sprinting, emphasizing knees over toes, etc
Training montages often featured prize fighters jumping rope.
The scenes with hopscotch, tag, and musical chairs ended up on the cutting room floor.
My first thought was the kid was skipping school.
Hopping is resistance training and joint engagement. Skipping is a less energetic firm of exercise foreplay.
"What do you guys think you're doing? Playing hippity-hop to the barber shop?"
It's been a couple years since I've seen a hopscotch layout chalked on the road, and even then it was some foreign arrangement. I remember 2 then square divided in 4 by two diagonals then 2. Kids today.
There is continuous shouting and screaming at the moment at the neighbor's above-ground pool. Some guest kid has come over. You need at least two to get shouting.
A former friend of mine used to say that people needed to skip more because it was faster than walking and not as tiring as running. He tried so sell me some Amway products not long after that, which is he's former.
I suppose a goat-footed balloon-man is around somewhere.
The 12 American astronauts who landed on the moon found skipping was the way to get around, other than the Lunar Rover.
https://youtu.be/NHeOpJh5Q-M?feature=shared
Lotsa vids of lately of people skipping out of restaurants.
If you can't run or skip, saunter. Counts as exercise.
Or, tiptoe through the tulips
I skip as a warmup to running. Works great!
AI Answers:
"Andrew Huberman is a neuroscientist and popular YouTuber who has been the subject of controversy and "cancellation" attempts. A tenured professor at the Stanford School of Medicine, Huberman hosts the Huberman Lab podcast, which gained significant popularity for discussing neuroscience and science-based self-improvement tools."
The attempts to cancel Huberman were centered on a few key areas of criticism (among them) : Association with the "manosphere"
Don't talk to strangers, baby don't you talk
Don't talk to strangers, you know he'll only use you up
Rick Springfield -- 'Don't Talk to Strangers' (1982)
Huberman looks mental. I think he is looking at himself all the time, trying to figure out why he is so warm.
Skipping a rope is hopping with a coordinated twist is good exercise.
Compared to running, skipping seems effortless. I never tried it, but I wonder how far I could skip before tiring or being stopped by police.
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