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  2. Cleat (nautical) - Wikipedia

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    A cleat hitch is a knot used to secure a rope to a cleat. A line tied with a cleat hitch to a horn cleat [ 1 ] on a dock. The line comes from a boat off the top of the picture, around the right horn, around the left horn, across the cleat from top left to bottom right, around the right horn, and then hitches around the left horn.

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    Yes, walking is excellent cardio (specifically, you hit a steady state zone 2). However, if it's the only type of workout you do each week, especially if building and maintaining muscles is on ...

  4. Slacklining - Wikipedia

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    Slacklining. Slacklining is walking, running or balancing along a suspended length of flat webbing that is tensioned between two anchors. Slacklining is similar to slack rope walking and tightrope walking. Slacklines differ from tightwires and tightropes in the type of material used and the amount of tension applied during use.

  5. Hitch (knot) - Wikipedia

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    Hitch (knot) The clove hitch. A hitch is a type of knot used to secure a rope to an object or another rope. Hitches are used in a variety of situations, including climbing, sailing, and securing loads. They are classified based on their ability to be tightened or released, their resistance to slipping, and their strength.

  6. A 15-minute jump rope workout to burn calories and tone ... - AOL

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    Jumping rope is a cardio workout that burns calories, burns fat, builds muscles, works your core and can help you lose weight. Try it with this workout for beginners. A 15-minute jump rope workout ...

  7. Cleat hitch - Wikipedia

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    The cleat hitch is a knot for securely attaching a rope to a cleat. Tying. The hitch begins with a dead turn around the cleat then continues forming an “8”.

  8. List of knot terminology - Wikipedia

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    A: open loop, B: closed loop, C: turn, D: round turn, and E: two round turns. In reference to knots, loop may refer to: One of the fundamental structures used to tie knots. Specifically, it is a U-form narrower than a bight. [17] A type of knot used to create a closed circle in a line. A loop is one of the fundamental structures used to tie knots.

  9. Bitts - Wikipedia

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    Bitts. Bitts are paired vertical wooden or metal posts mounted either aboard a ship or on a wharf, pier, or quay. The posts are used to secure mooring lines, ropes, hawsers, or cables. [1] Bitts aboard wooden sailing ships (sometime called cable-bitts) were large vertical timbers mortised into the keel and used as the anchor cable attachment ...