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 their knees for a more mild stretch
Focus: Hamstrings, back release, shoulder tension, neck tension, stress relief, calming, back pain relief
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Foundation-Advanced: Off-ice seated b...
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...
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Foundation-Advanced: Off-ice post-tra...
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.
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Advanced-Elite: Off-ice core strength...
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...
