Hundreds of women aged 40 and older gathered in Chicago recently to jump rope and play other games from their youth. It was the 3rd national playdate held by the Double Dutch Club.
Women, aged 40 and older, gathered in Chicago to jump Double Dutch during the club's annual playdate.
Pamela Robinson was one of those girls. She joined hundreds of women, ages 40 and up, who gathered in Chicago recently to relive those youthful days by jumping rope, socializing, getting healthy and chanting rhymes during the"40+ Double Dutch Club's 3rd National Playdate."We're a group of friendsBecome a KPBS sponsor
"It takes you back to childhood. Back to a time when there's no stress, no bills, no issues when you're a kid jumping rope," she says."So many times, when you reach 40, you are so busy taking care of everybody else — your kids, your husband, your parents — that you don't take time to take care of yourself. So all of these women now are being intentional about self-care."40+ Double Dutch Club members jump rope on July 15, at the DC Dream Center in Washington, D.C.
Amy Skipper, the 46-year-old Captain of Delco-Philly, a sub-club in the Philadelphia suburbs, says she began jumping Double Dutch when she was about 8 years old. But she hadn't jumped rope for decades.
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