This video breaks down a 6-step progression from the waltz jump into the Axel, designed to help skaters understand the timing, alignment, and rhythm required for a successful Axel takeoff.
We begin with a step-by-step walkthrough of each movement so skaters can clearly see how the sequence develo...

The Salchow Workout is a dynamic strength and control session inspired by the mechanics of the Salchow jump. This workout focuses on powerful edge takeoffs, hip drive, rotational stability, and controlled landings. Through targeted lower-body strength, core rotation drills, and balance work, you’...

This AXEL-inspired workout is designed to tone and strengthen the hips and hamstrings using powerful Axel-type movement patterns. Through controlled single-leg work, band resistance, and extension-based drills, you’ll activate the glutes, sculpt the back of the legs, and build the stability neede...

A beginner-friendly bodyweight workout designed to introduce the fundamentals of jumping through simple, low-impact plyometric exercises. This session helps build coordination, strength, and confidence while preparing the body for future jump training.

Purpose: Skaters should be doing these types of glute, hip and pelvic floor exercises every day to help with alignment on jumps and spins, injury prevention, working on a strong core and pelvic floor to keep a nice neutral spine minimizing the chance of sway or arch to maximize power on jumps. Sk...

Purpose: This tutorial will help build skaters' confidence through increased progressions of gliding, pushing to crosscuts. Skaters will learn how to do a two foot slalom, circle thrust, walking cross-over, and finally to a basic crossover on the circle.
Focus: weight distribution, balance, postu...

Purpose: Skaters can watch and follow along with this tutorial to learn how to do a waltz jump on the ice. This video takes skaters through a series of walk-thrus and drills to build confidence with the waltz jump and can be used as a starting exercise prior to moving on to axel.
Focus: head-to-t...

Purpose: This video introduces 5 key stroking exercises skaters should practice to warm-up their ankles and knees prior to getting into other skating elements.

Focus: upper body control, across the ice, flow, glide, balance, power

Purpose: This is a standing glute workout that you can easily do at home.

Equipment needed: No Equipment

Focus: Lower body strength, glutes, hip flexors

Purpose: This video is a barre inspired glute workout.

Equipment needed: Yoga block, chair/counter
Focus: Barre, glutes, lower body strength, deep glute strength, injury prevention, standing glute exercises, lateral leg extensions, post-season

Purpose: This video is a fast but difficult Pilates/yoga style core workout.
Equipment needed: Yoga mat, hand weight (optional)

Focus: Core strength, abs, hip flexors, pelvic floor, obliques, deep core muscles

Purpose: This plyometric workout is great for skaters to work on their anerobic cardio conditioning and get up their endurance for program run-throughs

Focus: Explosive power, conditioning, program endurance, anerobic cardio, vertical height

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...

Purpose: This video introduces a simple meditative breathing exercise that skaters can do to improve their mental wellbeing and focus. Paola also talks about different health measures skaters can to do practice preventative wellness and to maintain optimal athletic performance.

Focus: Breathing...

Purpose: In this video, Dr. Paola Reyes breaks down the macronutrient types: carbohydrates, protein, fats, and fiber. She also explores micronutrients such as\ calcium and different vitamins, Then she demonstrates three different recipes--a healthy, homemade electrolyte drink, a healthy snack typ...

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...

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

Purpose: This video explains why fitness training is important for synchro skaters and what figure skating specific training looks like for synchro teams.

Focus: fitness training, flexibility training, core strength, warm-up, flexibility, hamstring flexibility

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

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