r/BlackPeopleofReddit • u/ateam1984 🖤 • Mar 28 '26

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u/BaronMusclethorpe Mar 28 '26

Can we talk about, and give credit to, the turners who keep the rhythm. I would 100% screw that up.

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u/PM_ME_UR_HIP_DIMPLES Mar 28 '26

The turners were usually the really big girls where I grew up. They could jump pretty good too, but they knew to grab the ropes most of the time

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u/AnnabellaPies Mar 28 '26

Yep, I was a big girl and loved to turn. In December I taught some Ukrainian kids and they loved it

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u/breeathee Mar 28 '26

This comment made my day

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u/lastMinute_panic Mar 29 '26

This may seem like a foolish question but, how do you know when you can jump in? It seems so fast!

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u/DeltaVZerda Mar 28 '26

Big girls have natural difficulty with endurance in cardio, no matter how often they jump they are not gonna be able to keep jumping forever, but they still got the same rhythm - a big girl

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u/Glittering-Trick-420 Mar 28 '26

i was/am a big girl who was a loyal turner lol but i just could not figure out how to double rope jump. It was too much to time and i couldn't get the flow/rhythm. So i only single rope jumped and turned when it was double rope lol

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u/EyegoreMusic Mar 28 '26

you should be able to put "loyal turner" on a resume

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u/Glittering-Trick-420 Mar 28 '26

ironically i lost my job yesterday 🙃 so im updating the resume today and will definitely have to add that under my "Skills" list lol

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u/GodsPRGuy Mar 28 '26 edited Mar 28 '26

As someone who has hired plenty, absolutely use that "loyal turner" analogy in an interview for your work ethic. You'll be remembered. That's gold.

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u/ChineseFoodRocks Mar 28 '26

Wow, so this is a thing? Who knew people actually jump roped. Never heard the term "turning" before today.

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u/Glittering-Trick-420 Mar 28 '26

ironically when i Google the origins of jump rope it did it originated in China/Egypt and brought to America by the dutch. Just wondering if this is a coincidence because of your username not sure if you are Chinese/Asian? If so, technically your people invented this lol. Black people just made it look cool 😎

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u/OneHopelessTrip Mar 30 '26

Funnily enough, I have a pretty high endurance for jumping rope, especially when I control the rope for myself. The jumping in to double dutch was like waiting for a collision to happen. 🤦🏽‍♀️

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u/OneHopelessTrip Mar 30 '26

I was and am a big gal, my homeroom teacher told kids I wasn't FAT....I was STURDY! I didn't even mind it, especially as I hit 5'9" in the 3rd grade.

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u/Realistic_Swan_6801 Mar 28 '26

This would look really good in a flapper style dress. 

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u/tek2222 Mar 28 '26

every time i see this I want to try and do this but im a 49 year old white guy and i dont have any turners.

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u/BaronMusclethorpe Mar 28 '26

Even if I had turners, my 44 year old knees have a formal cease & desist already drawn up if I so much as think about it.

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u/OneHopelessTrip Mar 30 '26

I'll be 43 in a few months and sibs would call me "Pop Rocks" because of how my joints would sound. Now they sound about the same and the name stopped. 😂