Inspired by a visit to the Milwaukee WI Pettit National Ice Center and a skating session on the Olympic Speed Skating Oval
check it out https://thepettit.com – and a bad case of thigh envy, I looked into dry land speed skating drills. So that, what was, on the menu this morning at the Gipper.
Warmup:
all 20xIC: Toe Touch, Peter Parkers, Side Straddle Hops, Parker Peters
Thang: All in speed skater position; two sets of ten excercises – one minute work, then one minute rest; totaling 40 minutes
1 up and downs
2 alternating leg up and downs
3 alternating leg up and down with a one leg jump (alternating)
4 push back and recover
5 five squats and one jump-up
6 side to side shuffle, slow and low
7 dry skate – staying low, speed skater form
8 dry skate – adding in a jump-up
9 low walks – walk a distance forward while in speed skater position, then backward still in skater postion (I triple-dog-dare you to try this over a distance)
10 one minute skater position squat hold
Mary 15xIC flutter kicks
Count-o-rama
Bird led us out with a prayer
