Reading the various threads over the past little while (cracked or chocolate, purr or hairball etc), it's dawned on me that many of you seem to be able to skate 4-6 times a week, with private lessons maybe 2 or 3 times from different coaches. I'd love to know how often each of you skates and has a lesson, and also whether you're an adult or standard track skater, just for comparison to down here.

I'll start - I'm an adult beginner (and when I say "beginner" I mean "beginner": can do barely decent fwd and back crossovers both ways, FO3s both ways, and thanks to adult synchro am picking up a heap of other footwork like back COEs, FI3's, various mohawks and other stuff. Can do none of it competently yet, but it's coming. So is Christmas. 2025.).

I skate 3-4 times a week when I can for 1-1.5 hours a time, and have 1-2 half-hour lessons, depending on finance etc. Ice is expensive here ($15 to get in each time), while lessons are the standard $30 per 30 min.

How does this compare to you?

I try to skate five days a week. Mornings, when my children are in school. This does depend on what is going on with my family. Sick children, medical visits, and no school days do impact this. I take weekends off to spend time with my family. I usually skate for an hour or an hour and a half at a time. I take one 30 min. lesson a week. Level? Well, I'm sorta all over the board. =-) I'm "good" compared to some, hanging in there compared to others. I have made good progress and continue to learn. Have fun and enjoy playing. =-)

Chico

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I skate three times a week amounting to 6 hours in total, and I take two private half hour lessons per week.

Nicki

Let's see... this is what I've been doing as of late...

• Monday-Wednesday nights 1.5 hrs each session
• Wed morning and Thursday afternoon 45 minutes each session (warmup and lesson...)
• Sat. and Sun. 1.5 hrs. each session.

That adds up to about... oh, 7.5 hours a week... and I'm already tired too!!! I'm trying to get to the gym about 3 times a week in addition now, but I'm managed 1-2 times a week as of late b/c I just got hit with personal stuff on days that I normally would be working out at the gym. How do you guys who skate over 12 hrs. a week plus cross training managed??? I can't do that stuff anymore...

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3.5 hours per week, no wonder I'm not as good as you guys

M/W/F 2 hours per session; maybe one other day if the knees can deal with it.

I skate early morning before work usually, except sometimes on Friday it's after work.

I take a lesson each time I skate also. Currently Monday is Tango day, Wednesday is Starlight Waltz day and Friday is Paso day.

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Wow! Reading everyone else's replies it seems I don't skate enough. I skate twice a week. Usually a 30 minute group lesson and then a 30 minute practice on saturday and one 45 minute freestyle during the week. I am a student so I have little money and little free time. I look forward to when I graduate and will have both time and money. I am an ISI skater (no USFSA track).

I skate once a week for 8 hours, with one group lesson and one private lesson.

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I skate 5 days a week, occassionally 6, usually for an hour each time. I take one 1/2 hour lesson a week, but starting in April I'm going to 2 lessons a week! Can barely afford it, but going to try.

I'm a dancer, working on silver/pre-gold.

I skate Monday Tuesday Thursday Friday and Sunday. That usually makes about 12 1/2 - 13 hours a week. I usually get a lesson each time Im on ice, though sometimes its just a 15 minute dance lesson with our dance coach, and occasionally a jump lesson with another girl at the same level as me

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Hi everyone,

I'm new to the group and adult skating in general and am fascinated by how many of you find time to skate! Right now, I am skating only on public sessions, just trying to get some of my former skills back. The traveling for my job is such that I have a hard time doing anything formal with skating right now, but hopefully that will change in a few months.

In the meantime, I am glad that my old skates still fit!

Mary E.

I skate 5-6 hours a week including 2 half-hour lessons. I keep saying I'm trying to bump it up to 8 hours a week but that pesky thing called "real life" keeps intervening...

Lets see.
5x a week to include a 20 min lesson with Ice coach. Sometimes I add a jump lesson on inline skates. That's a good amount I guess.

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If you skate faster, it makes everything look better!

I am skating once a week for 3 hours each at the moment because it is school busy season (project dues and exams). But just a bit earlier before competition I was skating three times a week with two 3 hours and one 1 hour sessions.

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I skate 4 days per week, 50 min or 1 hr each session. I have 3-20 minute lessons each week. I wish I could skate more, but my work schedule doesn't allow me to and I can't seem to get up at 4:15 more that 3 times a week.

I also run 15-20 miles per week to keep my cardio up and weight down.

I'm at the rink 6 days out of 7, and skate 1-2 hours a day, with two 20-minute lessons a week - one with my regular coach and one with a coach/choreographer. My ice time is free, since I'm a learn-to-skate instructor at our rink, but lest you think I'm getting off easy: my daughter also skates, 6 days a week, 2 hours a day, with 5 lessons a week. That's the reason I skate so much, actually - I'm there anyway, and would rather be working out than watching. We also usually take a weekly ballet class for skaters, but we're on hiatus at the moment since our ballet teacher is in England helping rehearse an ice show there.

I skate 5 days a week, 3 days @ 2 1/2 hours and 2 days @ 3 1/4 hours. I have 5-- 1/2 hour fs lessons a week w/ one changing into a f move lesson usually. I also have 2 --3/4 hour dance lessons a week. I also do pilates 2 hours a week to help my flexibility and core. But I do nothing else, other than ice all the sore spots when I can.

la

whenever competition time gets close. I practice at least 45 minutes to an hour, with only one session a day. I don't like tiring myself out.

I do at least 2 to 3 passes each jump and spin/flying spins. Then run through my program at least 2 times, one without jumps and spins - only with footwork and etc. Then the second one with jumps spins and with footwork.

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I try to skate 5 to 10 hours a week. During the spring, summer, and fall I rollerblade 15 miles a day 4 to 6 days a week.

Since I'll be 60 next year I try to keep the blood flowing and not get a sludge buildup!!

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I skate five days a week, two hours a day. I also swim (when I can) and either run or play raquetball at night. I'm standard track solo dance and standard track freeskate (age 20)

Edited to add: I have two, 30 minute private lessons a week normally, three 30 minutes the week before a competition. Plus, our coach yells at the lot of us when we're doing something hideously wrong out of lesson.

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2 hours a day, four days a week. Weight training twice a week, and cardio the three days I don't skate.

Adult skater, who knows if I'll get into testing, but pre-bronze at this point, level-wise.

Most weeks I skate 5 days a week, for a total of 12.5 hours a week. This week, I'm skating 15 hours over 6 days because I have a competition (my first one!) on Sunday. I have one 30 min private lesson each week, a 30 min freesskate 1-6 group lesson and a 30 min basic 6/7/8 group lesson (trying to finish the last basic level this session). I've been skating for 11 months and am just starting competing at a No-Test level.

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I skate 3 times a week (M/W/SUN) for 2 hours each time.
I normally get a skills and a freeskate lesson but on wednesdays I also have a lesson with the dance coach.

I also take off-ice 2 times a week for an hour each time which is required soo...
2+2+2+1+1=8 hours a week....and I also coach the OSO Special Olympics kids too..but I didnt add that.

I skate six days a week for a total of 10-12 hours. I have one private stretch class each week but I'm expected to do the exercises on my own in between. I'm not taking ballet right now, but I have on and off for about ten years, so I can do that on my own too (I have a portable barre in my room). I can use the gym at my university for free until I graduate, so I try to do that 2 or 3 times a week (I haven't made that goal lately )

Right now I have one 30-minute lesson a week but I need to talk to my coach about going back to two. During the summer when I'm competing I usually have three lessons a week.

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I skate 2 days a week.
Wednesday night I start at 6:00 and skate until about 8. I have a group lesson on this night and a private lesson.
Saturday morning I have an edge work class, off ice conditioning, and hour freestle and another group lesson. I try to skate a public session on this day too, but sometimes my off ice conditioning class kicks my butt and I end up going home and napping
I am trying to add Sundays but things keep coming up. I haven't been able to get my lazy butt up in time to do the 5:30 am session before work.
Cid