I occasionally use my daughter's cotton rope with wooden frog handles from the dollar bin at Target and have never gotten tangled up! My record these days is only ten minutes--nothing like my fifth grade champion record, when my sister and I were the queens of the playground and could pretty much keep going all of recess.

Breathing, hmm, not sure. I never thought about it. The jumping really gets your heart rate up fast, but I think I breathe in time with the jumping. I don't want to practice here in the office to tell you for sure. People would really think I've lost it, but if I pull out the rope this weekend I'll pay attention and see how I breathe.

Sarah