Typically, you may need to adjust your rope. I often snip 2 or 3 inches off a 9-foot rope to increase its speed (per my height). One way to determine the ideal length is to step one foot in the middle of the rope. The handles should reach up to approximately armpit height.
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For other uses, see Through the Looking Glass (disambiguation). Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There (1871) is a novel by Lewis Carroll (Charles Lutwidge Dodgson), the sequel to Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1865). Set some six months later than the earlier book, Alice again enters a fantastical world, this time by climbing through a mirror into the world that she can see beyond it.