Hi! Just wondering what everyone’s typical skating day looks like and how they vary between skating levels and ages!
From off ice to what you practice when you skate! How long do you usually skate? How many days a week? Are there certain things you HAVE to work on every time you skate? What’s your warm up like? Do you stretch before and/or after? do you off ice before and/or after? Do you start with jumps or spins? Do you like you start with waltz jump then work your way up when practicing jumps or do you go for your good ones then bad or vice versa? Do you think your routine is more regimented than others?
I skate about 4-5 days a week. On good days, 2-3 1/2 hours, bad days about 1 hr- 1 1/2. My routine is pretty lax though because i’m quite lazy with mine truthfully. I prefer to stretch after skating but I walk to the rink so i usually count that as my body warm up, then i lace my skates and get on the rink then i usually do about 5-10 mins of on ice warm up. afterwards depending on my mood i’ll either start with jumps or spins (i’m not good at them so on days where i want to focus on improving them i’ll start with those). again depending on mood, i’ll either work my way up or go for my good jumps first (flips are my fav).
I don’t really do off ice conditioning as much as i should and i know it’s cause i use my youth and fast metabolism as a cop-out but my goal for 2020 is so incorporate it more into my skating routine because i’m essentially a wet noodle [emoji12] i know i don’t have the best routine and it’s probably not sufficient either but i’m working to improve so [emoji5]
From off ice to what you practice when you skate! How long do you usually skate? How many days a week? Are there certain things you HAVE to work on every time you skate? What’s your warm up like? Do you stretch before and/or after? do you off ice before and/or after? Do you start with jumps or spins? Do you like you start with waltz jump then work your way up when practicing jumps or do you go for your good ones then bad or vice versa? Do you think your routine is more regimented than others?
I skate about 4-5 days a week. On good days, 2-3 1/2 hours, bad days about 1 hr- 1 1/2. My routine is pretty lax though because i’m quite lazy with mine truthfully. I prefer to stretch after skating but I walk to the rink so i usually count that as my body warm up, then i lace my skates and get on the rink then i usually do about 5-10 mins of on ice warm up. afterwards depending on my mood i’ll either start with jumps or spins (i’m not good at them so on days where i want to focus on improving them i’ll start with those). again depending on mood, i’ll either work my way up or go for my good jumps first (flips are my fav).
I don’t really do off ice conditioning as much as i should and i know it’s cause i use my youth and fast metabolism as a cop-out but my goal for 2020 is so incorporate it more into my skating routine because i’m essentially a wet noodle [emoji12] i know i don’t have the best routine and it’s probably not sufficient either but i’m working to improve so [emoji5]