Recently Added
Stay up to date with the latest FLEXAFIT drills, tutorials, and specialty workouts. This section features all newly uploaded videos—so you can easily find fresh content, explore new drills, and keep your off-ice training consistent and engaging.
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Advanced-Elite: How to increase fast twitch on the double axel tutorial
Purpose: This video helps break down three technical aspects for the double axel to help skaters get into rotation more quickly. And then Signe addresses three common errors that happen on the double axel and gives some tips for exercises that can help fix them.
Focus: Axel troubleshooting, qui...
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Beginner-Foundation: Rotational and stationary jump class
Purpose: Skaters work on explosive power and vertical height for their jumps in this beginner jump class
Sarah uses core jump exercises to help work on overall jump technique.
Skaters could also use this class as an off-ice warm-up before practicing on-ice jumps.
Focus: Explosive power, vert...
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Beginner-Foundation: On-ice forward crossover basic technique tutorial
Purpose: This tutorial introduces how to start to learn forward crossovers on the ice, and a few key technique components skaters need to learn in order to master a forward crossover.
Focus: Basic technique, upper body position, knee bend, shoulder position, free foot placement
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Advanced-Elite: Top five exercises for figure skaters using a yoga ball tutorial
Purpose: In this video, Signe demonstrates her five favorite exercises to do with a yoga ball. These exercises include lower body exercises, core exercises, and stability exercises. A yoga ball is a great piece of equipment because it adds in an element of instability into exercises that make it ...
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Periodization and planning your figure skating training year: foundation-elite
Purpose: This video introduces what periodization is, and explains how to use the concept of seasons to help skaters achieve their skating goals.
Focus: Periodization, goal setting, injury prevention, athletic performance, pre-season, in-season, post-season, off-season
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Foundation: Introduction to burpees tutorial
Purpose: This video introduces the burpee exercise, explaining to skaters the benefit of this exercise, why it's helpful for a figure skater, key technique points to keep in mind when doing this exercise, and progressions for the burpee
Focus: Basic technique, alignment, progressions, variations...
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Foundation-Elite: Y-stand, Y-stand tilt, and ball change tilt kick tutorial
Purpose: Learn how to do a y-stand off-ice for on ice choreography or for a y-spin, and then try a more advanced version of a y-stand tilt and a tilt kick.
Focus: Dance combinations, flexibility, choreography, choreographic sequence, pcs
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Beginner-Foundation: Yoga style full body stretch class
Purpose: This mini class leads skaters through a series of stretches to help aid their overall flexibility. Skaters could use this as a cool down after an on-ice or off-ice training session.
Focus: Lower body flexibility, mobility, full body flexibility, stability, cool-down, hamstring flexibil...
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All levels: What are nerves and how can athletes cope with them?
Purpose:
0:15 Let talk about coping with nerves
0:35 Why nerves are a good thing
0:55 What is the biggest misconception about nerves
1:15 What happens when nerve are not controleld correctly
1:45 How to control our nerves
2:15 What is the first thing that we need to do
3:10 Identify physical s... -
Beginner-Foundation: Off-ice 1/4 turn max rotation introduction tutorial
Purpose: This video introduces basic jump rotation technique from two foot 1/4 turns landing on two feet. It is essential that skaters learn how to rotate on the spot because it helps their axis and alignment in the air, their body awareness and vertical height.
Focus: Basic technique, upper bo...
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The importance of strong ankles in figure skating: all levels
Purpose: This video explains why ankle strengthening is so important for figure skaters, especially when they are doing off-ice training.
Focus: ankle mobility, ankle range of motion, ankle dorsiflexion, injury prevention, balance, ankle internal rotation, ankle external rotation
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All levels: Ways to prepare mentally before and at a competition
Purpose: 0:30 Let's talk about developing a pre-competition plan
0:40 Why do we want to have a pre-competition plan
2:00 How to do a pre-competition plan
2:10 The question to ask ourselves before competition
5:15 The question we ask ourselves the day of competition
6:50 The question we ask our... -
All levels: Healthy and easy no bake oatmeal energy bar tutorial
Purpose: This video teaches skaters how to make no bake oatmeal energy bars for a quick and easy snack to grab on the go.
Focus: Nutrition, healthy snacks, refueling, healthy fats, recipe, no-bake.
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All levels: How coaches and parents can help support skaters' mental training
Purpose: This video addresses how coaches and parents can help support skaters with their mindset and mental training before and after competitions.
Focus: Coaching, skater support, mental support, negative thoughts, reframing, control, performance goals
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Foundation-Advanced: Off-ice pre-training or competition warm-up class
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 desig...
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Foundation-Advanced: 10 minute skater specific balance and stability class.
Purpose: Follow along in this 10 minute balance class with Sarah to work on your control and stability to improve your on-ice control.
This also could be used as a great off-ice balance warm-up before training.
Focus: Balance, stability, injury prevention, stabilizer muscles, skater specific ...
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Advanced-Elite: Hip injury prevention--massage, mobility, and stability tutorial
Purpose: This video address hip injuries in figure skaters and ways that skaters can be pro-active to avoid sidelining hip injuries.
Focus: Hip injury prevention, hip mobility, hip stability, soft tissue work, myofascial release, hip range of motion, hip flexor strength, glute strength, joint m...
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Foundation: On-ice introductory lutz tutorial
In this video, Signe breaks down how to do an on ice lutz jump from a standstill exercise. She explains how it is different from the flip, and how to train a clear outside edge take-off so that it doesn't become a flip jump. She demonstrates how to work on the lutz jump from a standstill entranc...
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Foundation-Advanced: Upper body and core 15 minute workout
Purpose: Follow-along with Sarah in this 15 minute upper body and core strength workout. You will need a raised surface and hand weights for this workout.
There are two circuits in this workout, with ten reps of each exercise. You will do three sets of both circuits.Focus: Full body core, bic...
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Beginner-Foundation: Introduction to lunge exercise tutorial
Purpose: This video introduces skaters to the lunge exercise. The trainer explains why it is a good exercise for skaters to use in their off-ice training, some important alignment and technique pointers to keep in mind, and variations and progressions .
Focus: Hamstring strength, quad strength, ... -
Para todos los niveles: Nutrientes clave y 3 recetas para patinadores
Propósito: En este video, la Dra. Paola Reyes explica los tipos de macronutrientes: carbohidratos, proteínas, grasas y fibra. Además, explora micronutrientes como el calcio y diferentes vitaminas. Luego, muestra tres recetas distintas: una bebida casera y saludable con electrolitos, un snack salu...
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Foundation-Elite: Role and key methods of recovery in athlete performance
Overview:
0:05 Let talk about the importance of recovery
0:25 What can be used for recovery
1:00 The most important recovery product
1:45 Why hydration is important for the recovery
3:55 Why you should use a foam roller or a vibration device before and after skating
5:40 How to use a resistan... -
Deep hip strengthening for figure skaters & 3 exercises to try: all levels
Purpose: This video explains why figure skaters need to focus on training and strengthening their deep hip muscles.
Focus: Hip strength, injury prevention, internal hip rotation, overuse injuries, TFL, gluteus Medius, gluteus maximus, hip flexors, muscle activation