Men Skipping Rope
Giving thanks for delightfully inspiring internet oddities
Hello, Gorgeous!
A note on awards ceremonies
In case you’re wondering, it’s unlikely that I’ll be writing about awards ceremonies here for various reasons. First, it’s impossibly expensive to license images, so I’d tell without the showing part. And since you can find tons of the big websites, I’ll leave you to it and make room for comments and discussion.
Second, the gratuitous and fatuous self-congratulatory events mostly turn me off.
Yes, I covered them for years.
Yes, I attended and did makeup for a while there.
But overall, I’m burnt out by celebrity culture. And I’m deep crispy fried watching celebrities wearing jewels that cost more than most of us earn in a lifetime clapping for themselves. Conversely, I think we all should receive awards for doing our jobs. And so I shall hand you a virtual golden statuette and clap wildly for you today and every day.
On the other hand
Incidentally, I’m totally over doomscrolling as well, the practice of endlessly looking at social media and the internet for news about bad news and world strife. You know what I’m not over? Men skipping rope.
🔥Rope burn 🔥
A few months back, this popped up on my Instagram feed. An extremely fit guy named Dayan Kolev jumping rope. Only he’s managed to turn our playground pursuit into a thing of extreme physical achievement. Also, he’s not too hard on the eyes. And so I became fascinated. How does a man jumping rope inspire 5.8 million people from around the globe to follow him online avidly?
Kolev shared a post about how he became interested in skipping rope. Before he became a fitness influencer, he was an ordinary and extremely cute guy. And his schtick is promoting a specific kind of jump rope and app.
Lest you think that Dayan Kolev is the only guy online doing extreme rope skipping, he isn’t. He’s shared videos of him and another guy skipping rope together.
And once again
Life is difficult, especially during what feels like an endless winter. But I’m oddly obsessed with the fact that a man can skip rope, become an international icon, and sell merch along the way. It’s vaguely hopeful, and it’s certainly a welcome distraction to incessant doom and gloom.
Do I ever think I’ll manage to skip rope the way that Dayan Kolev does? Nope. Not even for a nanosecond. But like the hula hoop revival a few years back, it’s fun to think about!
Are you curious enough to start skipping rope? Do you follow any odd but amazing Insta accounts you’d like to share with the rest of us? Let’s meet in the comments section to discuss!
Rachel, Your beauty concierge 💋
You are not the only one who's found & enjoying watching men jumping rope :)
What a great solution LOL