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Ice skating!
Jul. 16th, 2009 10:03 pmI've been taking the kids ice skating to beat the heat this summer, and I decided to sign up for an Adult beginner class myself. It's great! They quickly moved me up to one level up from beginner, and that happens to be a combined class, so I might move up to the top half soon once I learn what I'm doing.
I used to skate with my mom and brother as a kid out on the pond in the woods near our house. I remember having to shovel out the pond before we could skate, and I remember my mom testing the ice first. Good times. I've got great balance, but no formal training so I learned tonight that I'm doing my crossovers all wrong. She reviewed forward and back crossovers with the rest of the class and taught them to me.
I worked up a sweat trying to do it right while still maintaining my balance. My body says, "Don't do that, you'll trip and fall over!" While my brain says, "cross over then weight on the INside edge. Not outside, IN!"
I'm looking forward to practicing more while I skate with Peter and Amber. It felt so good to get this kind of exercise. I really need that and I'm not making it to vaulting on Saturdays nearly often enough. I'm glad to have something I can work on while I'm having fun with the kids.
--Beth
I used to skate with my mom and brother as a kid out on the pond in the woods near our house. I remember having to shovel out the pond before we could skate, and I remember my mom testing the ice first. Good times. I've got great balance, but no formal training so I learned tonight that I'm doing my crossovers all wrong. She reviewed forward and back crossovers with the rest of the class and taught them to me.
I worked up a sweat trying to do it right while still maintaining my balance. My body says, "Don't do that, you'll trip and fall over!" While my brain says, "cross over then weight on the INside edge. Not outside, IN!"
I'm looking forward to practicing more while I skate with Peter and Amber. It felt so good to get this kind of exercise. I really need that and I'm not making it to vaulting on Saturdays nearly often enough. I'm glad to have something I can work on while I'm having fun with the kids.
--Beth
