Purpose: Plie squat jumps are a great plyometric exercise for skaters to work on explosive turnout, which is needed in the toe-loop pivoting action.
Focus: Glutes, hamstrings, quads, adductors
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Advanced: Off-ice single leg burpee w...
Level: Advanced
Exercise: Single leg burpee with axel and loop lockdowns
Purpose: Skaters can work on their jump take-off height while doing this full body plyometric exercise to help develop their fast twitch muscle fibers
Focus: plyometric, explosiveness, jump height, quick twitch muscle fibers... -
Foundation: Jump lunge demonstration
Level: Foundation
Base exercise: Lunge
Variation: With a jump
Purpose: Jump lunges give you all the strength building benefits of lunges with the additional benefits of power and fast twitch muscle training. They also are a fantastic anerobic cardio exercise, so they can be good for building endu... -
Advanced: Off-ice deep squat to explo...
Level: Advanced
Base exercise: Jump squat
Variation: 1/2 turn with weight above the head
Purpose: Skaters can build strength and practice their quick twitch and rotation with this exercise. Pushing the weighted Pilates ball above their heads in the 1/2 turn also helps skaters build strength and p...
