Ndinayamba Kukondana ndi Competitive Jump Roping M'zaka zanga za 30
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Ndinali ndi zaka 32 ndisananyamule chingwe chodumphira, koma nthawi yomweyo ndinakopeka. Ndinkakonda kumenya nyimbo zanyumba yanga ndikulumpha kwa mphindi 60 mpaka 90. Posakhalitsa ndidayamba kuchita nawo mpikisano wazingwe zomwe ndidaziwona pa ESPN - ngakhale nditapezeka ndi matenda a multiple sclerosis.
Mu 2015, ndinalowa mu Arnold Classic, mpikisano wanga woyamba wapadziko lonse lapansi - ndi Super Bowl yopangira ma ropers. Koma ndili ndi zaka 48, ndimapikisana ndi azaka zapakati pa 17 ndi 21 chifukwa kunalibe ena olumpha pamsinkhu wanga. Maonekedwe omwe ndidakhala nawo pomwe ndidayamba kusewera pa bwalo lamasewera tsiku losangalatsa ku Madrid - mumatha kumangowamva akuganiza, "Kodi okalamba akuchita chiyani kuno?" Sindinaganize kuti ndili ndi mwayi. (Zogwirizana: Chifukwa Chake Muyenera Kuyamba Kudziona Ngati Wothamanga)
Ndinadutsanso kuthamanga kwa masekondi a 30 ngakhale nditataya chogwirira, ndipo ndi chochitika chachiwiri, maulendo awiri (omwe chingwe chimadutsa pansi kawiri pa kulumpha), khamulo linali kumbali yanga. Ndinamva wina akunena kuti, "Pita iwe, msungwana! Chita izi kwa atsikana akulu!" Ndinagwiritsa ntchito mawu awo achisangalalo ngati mafuta kuti andipangitse zochitika ziwiri zovuta: crossovers mphindi imodzi ndikulumphira liwiro kwa mphindi zitatu. Miyendo yanga ndi thupi langa zimamveka ngati bowa pambuyo pa chochitika chomaliza chachiwiri. (Zokhudzana: Izi Zolimbitsa Thupi Zowotcha Mafuta Zidzawotcha Ma calorie Akuluakulu)
Pamwambo wopereka mphotho, zidamveka zopanda tanthauzo kumva dzina langa mobwerezabwereza: Ndidapambana golide anayi kuphatikiza siliva. (Mendulo zinali za gulu langa la 31-kuphatikiza, koma kuchuluka kwanga kukadandipangitsa kuti ndikhale wachiwiri motsutsana ndi azaka zapakati pa 17 mpaka 21 muzochitika zambiri.) "Ana" omwe ndimangopikisana nawo anali kulumpha mmwamba ndi pansi za ine. Ndikutolera mendulo zanga, ndidanenanso kuti, "Sizokhudza zaka kapena kukula. Zili chifuniro chanu komanso luso lanu."