LOL,doesn't sound like much room to pull up. Or maybe I'm thinking of chin-ups. What should my body be looking like? Should I be facing the counter? Or should my BACK be facing it?

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Just standing in the corner with your hands on the counter, your elbows should be slightly bent (if you're no taller than me, and your counter is around the same height). Straighten them to lift yourself in the air. Think of how you would sit on the counter, you would put your hands either to the side or slightly behind you, then use them to lift your butt up onto the counter. It's the same motion, except you don't sit.

Hard to describe, lol.

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LOL,you bet. As I can't even begin to imagtion what I am supposed to do. I was standing aganst the side of my counter with my back to it,and bent down,and pulled myself up with my hands. I don't know if that's what you mean. I also would like some tips on how my Off-Ice-Training Logbook should look. As I'm not sure how I can even add any more excerises. Here is what I use...I am using a Composition Book (one of those you might find in a school). At this point my format looks like this...

On the top of the page = Day/Date

Under that I have 6 collums in order = Date,excerises,Progress,started at,ended at,and Program completed.

My excerises are listed from the top in order = Back Leg-Lifts,Stomach Leg-Lifts,Spiral Leg-Lifts,Push-Ups,Sit/scrunch-Ups,and 10min. on my Bike. With 4 spaces in between all 3 kinds of my Leg-Lifts. With the 5th space for the next excerise. Between Push-Ups I have 2 spaces with the 3 for Sit/Scrunch-Ups. Finally I have 1 space after that,with Bike-10min. the last excerise. At this point I'm at the end of my page. Does anyone have any ideas? BTW. are there any excerises for skaters to do to straighten and help their feet? Thanks.

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Ok my fellow Skaters!!!! Here is todays Off-Ice-Training Report....

For my Back Leg-Lifts. It became easier to point my Legs straight up.

On my Stomach Leg-Lifts my right Leg became a little easier to lift today.

For my Spiral Leg-Lifts. I worked on trying to get my Legs to point straight up. (LOL,I don't know if this is even possible to do when holding onto a counter).

My Push-Ups were easy again today.

I also did both Sit and Scrunch-Ups today. 10 each. I am struggling on the Scrunch-Ups. So I surely hope I'm doing them right.

On my Bike I pedaled 10min. with6 rests.

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Ok fellow Skaters!!!! Here is my Off-Ice-Training Report for today...

On my Back Leg-Lifts. I got my Legs to point straight up today.

My Stomach Leg-Lifts,it's always hard to tell. But I'm beleiving to have at least gotten my Legs straight up.

On my Spiral Leg-Lifts. I'm working on getting my Legs up higher.

My Push-Ups were still easier.

For Sit-Ups I did both Sit and Scrunch-Ups. I'm wondering if I'm doing the Scrunch right. As I'm getting tired and straining myself doing them.

On my Bike I pedaled for 10min. with 5 rests. Resting on the Bell.


On-Ice Report;

I got to the Rink at about 3:30,quarter to 4:00. I went to the Desk and registered with my Skate Passes. I went then to put on my Skates and Gaurds. I then went inthe Pro-Shop to price some more laces for my Skates ($5.00). The guy said he did not have black laces for Figure Skates. But it turns out he had a dark color. Which I am going to go back to get. He also said that the ones he had (if I remember right) were waxed. Can anyone please tell me if that is something I need to be watching? Or does it not matter? Freestyle was also going on in the Blue Rink. So I watched that for a little bit. Then went in to get ready to hit the ice. I also bought a CD. with me to try my hand at getting music to skate to. But apperently I (and no other Skater there today) could get the Player to work. Does anyone know how they could have gotten music in the Rink for competition last week? BTW. we wound up with about 16 Skaters on the ice including me today. A little girl feel and I went over to see if she was ok. She was. I tried my hand at Jumping today. But did get too high. I then got off the ice at close to 20 after 5:00 and went home.

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Ok fellow Skaters!!!! I had a power-outage here until 9:45pm. today. So couldn't post this until now. But here it is...

For my Back Leg-Lifts, I got my Legs to point straight up again.

My Stomach Leg-Lifts were easy again today.

For my Spiral Leg-Lifts I worked on getting my Legs up higher.

My Push-Ups were easy again today.

For my Sit-Ups I worked on keeping my feet flat.

On my Bike I pedaled with 4 rests in between.

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Ok fellow Skaters!!! Here is todays Off-Ice-Training Report....

On my Back Leg-Lifts I got my Legs to point up straight again.

My Stomach Leg-Lifts were a little tight,but easy.

For my Spiral Leg-Lifts I'm still working on my Spiral.

My Push-Ups were easy.

I did both Sit and Scrunch-Ups again. I must admit I don't even know it I'm doing my Scrunches right.

On my Bike I pedaled with 5 rests.


BTW. before I add my Pull-Ups. Can anyone please give me more of an idea on how I need to look when holding onto my counter? My counter comes up to my Stomach on the side of it. Thanks.

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Say,btw. is it ok to bring my skates home in damp towels and THEN switch to the dry ones that I let my skates dry on? That's what I do.

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Yes, that's fine, as long as they don't sit in the damp towels for very long. So if you switch them to the dry ones as soon as you get home, that's fine. You'd know if it isn't working, because you'd see spots of rust on the blades. As long as there's no rust, you're fine.

Were on the Blades are we talking,and what would they look like? As I've seen one place on one of my Blades (just down by and on one toe-pick were there is something that I'm thinking might be rust. But I don't know for curtan if it is or were it's from. BTW. is there anything skaters can buy to get rid of it themselfs? Or if a Proshop does it do you have to tell them,or should it come off auto. in sharppening? Also the guy a the shop told me he didn't have laces for Figure skates,just for Hockey. But said they still work. He also mentioned something about one pair being waxed (I'm not sure if it was my pair or the one he showed me). Does anyone know what he ment and does it matter? Thanks.

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Ok my fellow Skaters!!!! Here is todays Report!!!

On my Back Leg-Lifts I got my Legs to point straight up again.


For my Stomach Leg-Lifts I worked on getting my Legs straight.

On my Spiral Leg Lifts I kept my Legs straight and even leaned more forward.

My Push-Ups were easy again today.

For my Sit-Ups I worked on keeping my feet flat.

On my Bike I rested 6 times.

I am still trying to figure out how I should be doing Pull-Ups.

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Ok my fellow Skaters!!! Here it is!!!!...

On my Back Leg-Lifts I got my Legs pointing up straight and even higher today.

On my Stomach Leg-Lifts I worked on getting my Legs up higher. Can anyone tell me btw. if I should be lying flat or having my head up when I do these?

With my Spiral Leg-Lifts I worked on leaning forward more. I've also been wondering about if it's possible to get your Leg up over your head on this. Does anyone know if it's possible to do if you become flexable enough? Just wondering.

My Push-Ups were easy again.

I also did both Sit and Scrunch-Ups today.

On my Bike I pedaled with 5 rests.

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Ok fokes!!!! Here is my report from todays Off-Ice Training....

On my Back Leg-Lifts I got my Legs up the highest I could get them.

My Stomach Leg-Lifts were a little tight today.

For my Spiral Leg-Lifts I'm working on making my Spiral better.

My Push-Ups were easy again today.

For my Sit-Ups I worked on keeping my feet flat.

On my Bike I pedaled with 5 rests in between.

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FSW, this post is about some exercises I like to do. If you want, you could try to do them as well, but you don't have to or anything.



First, the inside of the arms. You could use 2 large bottles of coke or two packs of milk like weights to exercise them, or do pull-ups. It doesn't need to be as many as the push-ups, just a little bit to balance the muscle on the outside of your arm that you're exercising. Weights training works like this:

and it's important to keep your back straight, up against the back of a straight-backed chair for instance (not a recliner!), or against a wall. If you feel your arms muscles being sore the next day, either use lighter weights or do less repetitions of the exercise.

Another exercise I like to do would be something for the back. You could for instance start by doing this:

Then point your feet up in the air like the lady in white on a blue background, lowest row, second from left:

You don't have to touch your feet to your head at all (it's impossible for most grown-ups to do anyway!), just point your feet in the air and then grab your feet and try to really hollow your back all over and do this:

Make your movements smooth, never very sudden, and keep each of the positions for about five seconds or so and repeat the whole exercise only once or twice. Don't pull to the point where you feel pain in any sort of part of your body, it should all just give a pleasurable feeling of stretching, like in the morning when you stretch out when you just wake up? If you feel your back hurt the next day after this exercise, don't do it. The goal isn't to get as good as these yoga instructors on the photos, it's just to sort of stretch a little bit and give your back muscles a little extra tone.
I especially like to do this one after I"ve been sitting behind a computer hunched forward for a long time.

Something else you could do is a little rope-jumping, provided you don't have any problems with your feet, legs or knees (like pain, swelling, etc) and provided the neighbors downstairs don't start complaining about sounds like elephants jumping on their ceiling! Also, mind not to catch a lamp shade with the rope or something. Just the same kind of rope jumping you did as a kid, with both feet on the ground is fine. You'll need a bigger rope than when you were a kid though, you grew after all! Again, you don't have to wear yourself out - but you could do it as a warming-up before your exercise routine (or as a cooling-down after if you take it easy). Boxers and figure skaters like this exercise because it improves their stamina

Like I said, they're just exercises that I personally like. You don't have to do them if you don't like them, and don't do them if they make you hurt!!!

Say,the guy I spoke with just resently about anothe set of laces for my bag. So I could have 2 pairs in my Skatebag said he didn't have the color I need in Figure Skate Laces. Only Hockey Laces. Which he DID have the lanth (sorry if that's wrong) I needed in. He also mentioned something about them having wax. Does anyone know anything about that and if I need to be getting wax or not? Thanks.

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Say,btw. Do we have a Nationals competitive Record for those two? By year. Both Pairs (and Freestyle,if they did it). I've been trying to find out something. So if we do. Could someone please post the link?

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You don't need two pairs of spare laces in your skatebag. You have one pair in your skates, and then you need one set in your skatebag in case one of the laces in your skates breaks. Then when you use one of the two spare laces, you can hunt out another pair.

I've found that leaving spare laces in my bag for too long makes them grubby and worn-out looking, even when I haven't used them.

Could you explain that last part? BTW. each pack of Laces comes in a set of 2,right?

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Ok my fellow Skaters!!!! Here is my Report from today.....

On my Back Leg Lifts,I got my Legs up the highest I could get them.

For my Stomach Leg-Lifts,I worked on getting my Legs up higher.

On my Spiral Leg-Lifts,I got myself to lean a litle more forward. A question on these. Is it the Leg closest to the counter (like I have been doing) that I lift? Or should it be the oppisite Leg? The one farther from the counter/ I'm asking this as I'm finding it very hard to lift my Leg up over near my head. Or to even try and get the bend. Is doing it on a counter not ment for that? Or am I just not doing it right or used to it? Thanks.

My Push-Ups were easy again today.

For Sit-Ups I worked on keeping my feet flat.

On my Bike I pedal for 10min. with 6 rests.

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Yes but that's not two pair of laces, that's just one pair.

FWIW I don't bring extra laces. Don't even have them. Never broke one. Only reason I got new laces was cuz I wasn't happy with the quality of those in the boot (plus one of them was shorter than the other after I'd skated over it and cut it short)

Ok. So I should only be keeping one set of extra laces in my skatebag if I want an extra. pair? Also,should I be buying extra. laces to at least store away to PUT IN my skatebag when the time DOES come? For ex. I own a safe. So should should I be storing Laces there. So I don't have to worry about hunting some down? Or would that be a no-no? I ask this because if you saw were I live you'd see how hard it is to find or at least GET to a place that sells them. BTW. when I DO look for Laces I only need to worry about how long they are color,and if they fit through the holes,right? It doesn't matter if the package says Figure or Hockey Skates. Laces for Skates as long as they fit are Laces for Skates,right? Also how would you all recamend I remember or show a Skateshop what size I use? I'd need the lst pair to show the guy so he knows what I need,right?

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FSW, why are you worried about laces? Have you ever broken one? Are your current laces all frayed in the middle, looking to break?

Because of the answers are no, having 2 laces (1 pair of them, so one package) should be more than enough for your bag, you're probably going to break down your skates before you break down your laces. If you already ordered more than one pair, keep the rest at home - do I remember correctly that you bought 2 extra pairs (4 laces) a while ago? 3 packages of laces (1 originally in the skates, 2 extra) so six laces - that would last almost everyone (Except for Tonya Harding ) as long as their skates would last.

If you only have 1 back-up pair of laces (so 2 laces), well then it's still extremely improbable that you'd break more than 1 lace at a time. So even if you break a lace you can immediately replace your laces in both skates with the ones from the back-up pack BUT keep the old and intact lace in your bag from then on, and meanwhile order more laces off the internet immediately. That way, you'll still have 1 back-up lace (the old one that didn't break) in your bag until the new package of laces comes in, and even should you then break one of your new laces (extremely improbable), you'd still have another lace in your bag to replace it with?

Or can't you order anything off the internet either?

I *think* there are some difference between hockey and figure skating laces, apart from how wide they are also something about a coating I think. I'll defer this question to others skaters here.

Thanks! for sharing these pictures, I can do about half of fairly well,
and of course I keep trying to get my leg higher
(mostly off-ice yet), because so help me God, I wanna have a Bielmann , sooner than later.
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Ok my fellow Skaters!!!!! Here is todays Report...

On my Back Leg-Lifts I got my Legs up the highest I could get.

For my Stomach Leg-Lifts I worked on getting both my Legs all the way up.

With my Spiral Leg-Lifts I worked on leaning more forward.

My Push-Ups were easy but a little hard.

With my Sit-Ups I worked on keeping my feet flat.

On my Bike I pedaled with 6 rests. Resting on the Bell.

A question...should Off-Ice Training be done at the same time of day all the time? For ex. If I do it in the morning like I do. Can I do it at night every so once in a while if needed?

BTW. Fellow Skaters...I've been off-Ice so far during the month of Aug. due to schedule complications. I should be back on the ice in Sept...hopefully. TTFN.

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Ok fokes!!!! Here is my Off-Ice-Training Report from today.....

For my Back Leg-Lifts I got my Legs all the way up today.

For my Stomach Leg-Lifts I got my Legs up higher today.

On my Spiral Leg-Lifts I am getting better with my Spiral.

My Push-Ups were easy again.

On my Sit-Ups I kept my feet flat more. Or so it seems from what I saw.

On my Bike I pedaled with 7 rests.

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