Purpose: This video is a follow-along 12 minute warm-up to use before an on or off-ice training session, workout, or competition. Warming up is very important for figure skaters as it helps initiate blood flow to the muscles and prevent injuries. This warm-up includes a variety of exercises designed to get the heart rate up, warm-up and mobilize the muscles, improve coordination, and practice some skating specific movements.
Focus: Injury prevention, warm-up, coordination, skating specific, balance, agility, raise heart rate, pre-training, pre-workout, pre-competition, jumps, off-ice jumps.
We will be doing various stationary warm up drills. If you have more space, all of these can be done moving across the floor.
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Focus: Injury prevention, warm-up, mobility, muscle activation, coordination, blood flow, pre-training, pre-competition, pre-workout.
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