How much off ice conditioning should I do, and what shoud I do? please help!!?

Question

I'm about to take my Juvenile moves and preliminary free skate. i skate about 2 hours 3 times a week, 6 hours total. I'm 15, and am working on double sals and toes. I already stretch every night, but that is all I do.

what should I do, and how much should I do of it?

thanks!!

Answer 1

Broaden your workouts when you are not on the ice - biking, running, swimming, and even a little easy weight lifting. You are at an age where you can work out every day with little recovery time unless you strain yourself. It will help down the road with stamina.

I practically lived on the ice at your age, but found that biking and swimming were nice alternatives that also helped me out to work different muscle groups and

helped skating in that it fine tuned me in a way that repeated practice jumps, etc. could not accomplish.

My kids are still jealous of my legs. But if you work out doing other things that you love, it will never be a chore to exercise and fine tune skating.

Be easy and don't knock yourself out. If you don't have a personal trainer, you may look to one for some sound advice on your topic question. He/she will base it on your physical characteristics and body type.

Answer 2

Does your ice rink/club offer any off ice training classes? The off ice classes always seem to be very good to go to, having a trained instructor who can help you properly exercises so you don't injure yourself is always good. I would suggest some weightlifting (not super heavy, just enough to condition your muscles), and off ice jump practice. If you do your off ice training twice a week for about an hour and a half that should be good. Good luck!

Answer 3

it depends on what type of off ice you need. everyday before and after you sk8, you should stretch your entire body, head to toe. before you sk8 sometimes, jumping jacks and jump roping would b good for you. if your rink offers off ice stretching, you should only do it about twice a week. then, you have to work on flexibility. this can also be done w/ stretching, taking ballet as an off ice option is also great, which should also b done about twice a week. plyometric off ice trainings, however, need to b done once a week, but in a special class because of all the equipment.