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...

Purpose: In this video, Pat Stanziano addresses the topic of muscle tightness, what it is, why it happens, and what can help improve it.

Focus: Muscle tightness, perception, pain, recovery, brain body connection, tension, rest, inflammation, learned association, neuromechanical factors, stretch...

Purpose: The downward dog pose stretches the whole back of the body while requiring full body strength. It is especially helpful for stretching the ankles and calves and elongating the spine. Resting on the forearms and dropping the heels to the ground increases the intensity of the stretch in th...

Purpose: Plow pose is a classic yoga pose that stretches your spine, your back, and your neck and shoulders. It is an inversion, which means that your heart is above your head. This can help boost circulation and improve blood pressure.
Focus: Recovery, spinal flexibility, neck pain, back pain, ...

Purpose: The happy baby yoga pose is a good stress relieving pose. It helps release physical tension in the body while stretching the hips, hamstrings, and lower back.

Focus: Stress relief, recovery, cool-down, hamstring stretch, low back tension relief, hip stretch.

Purpose: Learn how to use a vibrating foam roller to aid your muscle recovery and help prevent injury.

Focus: Muscle recovery, tight muscle, injury prevention, calf foam rolling, hamstring foam rolling, glute foam rolling, quad foam rolling

Purpose: Follow along with Abby as she guides skatesr through a low body foam rolling session for muscle recovery.

Focus: Self myofascial release, recovery, muscle tightness, post-workout, post-training, quad recovery, IT band recovery, hip flexor recovery, glute recovery, hamstring recovery, c...

Purpose: This video explains why foam rolling is beneficial for figure skaters to use in their warm-up and their cool-downs, and some common mistakes figure skaters make when first trying foam rolling. Meg then teaches skaters how to use a foam roller to relax the muscles in their lower body.

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Purpose: This video is a great follow-along cool-down routine to do after a on or off-ice training session or a workout. It's important to cool down after an intense session to help prevent injuries and to help the muscles recover more quickly for your next training session.

Focus: Cool-down, r...

Purpose: This low lunge stretch is great for stretching out your lower body. Grabbing the back foot gives you an additional quad stretch in the back leg.

Focus: Hip flexor stretch, quad stretch, hamstring stretch, ankle stretch, glute stretch.

Purpose: This forward fold is a good cool-down or tension relief as it stretches your hamstrings and releases your upper body, head, and shoulders. Skaters should focus on being loose and letting tension go in this variation. If it's too intense of a stretch for the hamstrings, they can bend thei...

Purpose: The butterfly stretch is a great stretch to open up your hips and increase your external rotation. It's a good recovery stretch after a workout or training session. Leaning forward in the stretch increases the benefits of low back relief and flexibility.

Focus: External rotation, adduct...

Purpose: This video takes skaters through a mini cool-down flexibility and mobility sequence with an emphasis on the front splits.

Focus: Flexibility, mobility, lower body flexibility, hamstring flexibility, hip flexor flexibility, forward splits, cool-down.

Purpose: This video is a great follow-along cool-down routine with a strength aspect. After an intense training session, skaters can bring down their heart rate slowly and build some isometric stability strength and release body tension with this routine.

Focus: Cool-down, recovery, lower heart...