I have two english muffins before skating, one with jelly, the other one with peanut butter or cheese, if I'm going to skate for three hours, I'll have a little more, like an apple or banana in addition.

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What do you eat after skating? (I usually have a banana and some string cheese, some days I have chicken and rice)

Steven

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Ooops! Double reply again! Choose one or the other, or both!

(my blades last about 2 weeks, or about 30 hours, between sharpenings)

Steven

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"A free society is one where it is safe to be unpopular." - Adlai Stevenson
"Got Edge?" - Steven J. Arness - Coachless, two years and counting.
"He who carves himself to suit others will soon whittle himself away."
"Sometimes you get what you want but loose what you have."

My skates probably don't get sharpened as often as they should; I tend to wait until I notice they're blunt - sometimes as long as 3-4 months.... other friends, skating on better ice, get theirs done far more often.

As for what I eat after skating, it doesn't matter as long as it's food! On Sunday mornings, though, when we skate before breakfast (but with a banana to stay the pangs), we have a bagel for breakfast.

Why, for those of us who regularly skate with some sort of partner, is it so hard to trust your partner when it's a move you've not tried before?

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A: I don't really have a good answer. I do trust my partner when we try new moves. It's usually myself I don't trust. But I figure if the coach says we're ready to try it, then we must be ready. Last week, we tried a full press lift on the ice for the first time, in a harness. It was fun, but I may be singing a different tune when that harness is removed! Then, I may learn what it's like to not trust your partner.

Q: What's one move or trick that you thought you'd never be able to master, that you now find you can do?

For me, it was the one-foot power pulls fromt the Preliminary Moves test. My last pair of boots was balanced improperly and I had one leg slightly shorter than the other, so I thought I'd literally never get them on my right side. Mind you, they're still not great, but at least they're recognizable.

Butterfly .... mind you, that's a LOOOONG time ago so I doubt that I'd be able to do it now!


Ideal boot/blade combo?

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Thought I'd get this going again. I kinda like reading some of the answers you guys give.

So to answer the last question: so far, I'm happy with my Klingbeil / MK Phantom combination. The phantom took a little getting used to, though.

My question: are you skating in your club's / rink's holiday show? If so, what is your music? Group or solo?

I am skating in the holiday show which is this weekend. It's an adult group number to March of the Wooden Soldier. The club doesn't have very many adults; we're the only ones skating in the show.

How many competitions do you plan to do this year?

Six. I'll do two locals in February, then the North American Invitational, Sectionals, and AN. I'll also do my club's competition in October.

What's the farthest you've ever travelled to skate at an event?

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Would you believe Michigan? ;-) AN this past year.

What is the most events you have entered at a competition? Mine is 4, but I am trying to figure out if I could get away with 6 in DC! (moves, dance, FS, CM, Interp, and spins)

Two - I get bored too easily! By the second dance I've usually gone off the boil and it's never as good as the first even if it's my better dance I'm not even very good at waiting between dances if it's a big field!


Do you get bruises/abrasions/horrible marks around your ankles from your boots? (I'd forgotten the 'joy' of looking like I've been shackled to a ball and chain! Both of my ankles have got huge bruises all the way around but then my boots were pretty new (and hard) before I stopped skating ..... now they HURT)

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I never have, but my best friend got new boots three years ago and I remember the top of the boot rubbing around her calf so much that the skin actually broke! She had this open sore going in a circle around her lower calf. It was pretty gross.

What kind of exercise do you do besides skating? Not off-ice training necessarily, but other sports or activities.

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sorry - just had to answer this one
At our rinks last Open I did 5 events:
An improvisational Freeskate on one day and on the second day I did Compulsory dance (2 dances), Free dance, Original dance plus the drawn partners at the end. Normally I'd have done the small group adult artistic too but had a big end of year exhibition coming up at college and couldnt' spare the time for rehearsals.

At the same event my friend not only entered 6 events, she was also the Competition Secretary for the whole thing so as you can imagine she was pretty busy but still managed to win some medals!
(she did small group artistic on day 1 and on day 2 she did compulsory dance at under level 4, level 2 variation, original dance, Free dance, drawn partners)

Here's Canamskaters question - don't want to hijack the thread here!!


What kind of exercise do you do besides skating? Not off-ice training necessarily, but other sports or activities.

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For off ice activites I've done, jazz, pilates, yogalates, ballet, water arobics, circuit training, and specific machine and body workouts to taget certain areas. (and all these in adition to skating each week)

Does your club offer any off or on ice clinics related to skating?

Steven

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"A free society is one where it is safe to be unpopular." - Adlai Stevenson
"Got Edge?" - Steven J. Arness - Coachless, two years and counting.
"He who carves himself to suit others will soon whittle himself away."
"Sometimes you get what you want but loose what you have."

My club has the usual off ice programs, but what I have found to be particularly helpful is a 20 minute stroking session that meets once a week. My stamina has improved so much with this class, and I can work on power-related things my primary coach tells me with another coach's opinion, which is also helpful. (We range in age from abput 7 to 39 - me - which is kind of fun, too.)

Will you be skaing much over the holidays?

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I will skating over the holidays, but who knows much time I'll get given the holiday rugrats... (both the small and the grownup ones...)

Good LORD, Steven!!! I barely have time for skating and a decent gym workout!!! I'm concentrate on losing some unwanted pounds for now, so I have to do some dieting and "kick it up a notch" on the cardio to 5 times a week!!! (Oh, boy... )

And speaking of cardio, what do you do for cardio and how much of it are you doing per week?

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Silver Moves is the next "Mission Impossible"
(Dare I try for Championship Adult Gold someday???)

Thank you for the support, you guys!!!

Erm, nothing, I hate going to the gym .... I'll dance, skate, do acrobatics, horse ride, roller blade but don't get me running on a treadmill or anything!


If your skating style was a car what kind would it be?

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Miata (my present car).
What animal would you be?
I'd be a bird.

As for a animal, I'd be a cat- they are fast and falling is no problem!

If you could take a lesson from any professional skater in the world today, who would your lesson be with?
Give me a choreography lesson with Kurt Browning anyday!

My sister is thinking of moving to Colorado Springs so I have thought about this some. I would love to take a dance lesson with Christopher Dean. Maybe it will happen ;-)

Are you in a holiday show and if so what are you doing? I am part of an adult group number!

Hugs!
Danielle

Yes, unfortunitly I have plenty of time as work has been slow as heck, although I did get some work this past week. I think I'm done with weight loss however as I've been at 165lbs now for the past four months.

For cardio, both the circuit and water arobics both are cardio oriented, the circuit is about 15 minutes in length and your supposed to do it twice (sometimes I only do it once if I do it right after skating) Water arobics is an hour long and has about 10 minutes of warmups 30 minutes of cardio, 15 minutes of toning, and 5 minutes of cool down and stretching.

I usually do the circuit twice a week, and the water arobics twice a week.

Steven

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"A sure sign of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result." - Albert Einstein
"A free society is one where it is safe to be unpopular." - Adlai Stevenson
"Got Edge?" - Steven J. Arness - Coachless, two years and counting.
"He who carves himself to suit others will soon whittle himself away."
"Sometimes you get what you want but loose what you have."

I am not doing a holiday show, however a couple of the ladies from the University of Michigan's team that skate at my lunchtime rink were preparing for their show tonight. It was a lot of fun watching them! Wish I could have gone to the show but I had other obligations .

Have you ever had a piece of footwork put into a program that you think you will never get, and your coach refuses to take it out? More importantly, did you finally get the footwork?

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"Never give up on a dream just because of the time it will take to accomplish it. The time will pass anyway." -- Unknown

Yes, and yes, sort-of. It was very simple - just 3-turn, crossover, 3-turn.... still can't do it well without scraping on my toe-rakes.

Have you ever skated when you ought not (i.e. with injury, illness or whatever) and did you get away with it?

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Yes, I must admit I did. I skated at Peach Classic 2001 with a back injury. I shouldn't have, but I really wanted to. I nabbed a silver medal, but it wasn't worth it in the long run. I stopped skating immediately after Peach and was off ice for months.

Will you get to skate during the holidays?

Yep, but not as much as usual. I have two lessons and a synchro practice next week, then I'm going home for two weeks. But I will be helping out my old synchro team while I'm there, and should get at least one practice in for myself.

Do you prefer to focus on one thing at a time (i.e. just dance) or a few disciplines at once (ie. dance, skills, freeskate)?

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I used to focus on just dance. Now I am going synchro, moves, figures, dance -- it's fun, but sometimes I lose myself in it!!

Does skating ever make you completely crazy!!

I would say so!!