oh boy am I going to be sore tomorrow

[unicornduke]

ice skating lesson progressing well

this week we did swizzles to stops forward and back, squats while moving forward and backwards, one leg glide where you crouch and balance which I could do forward but not really backward, c cuts in a circle as a precursor to crossovers, and jumping. yes. jumping. 

tiny itty bitty jumps but I was sweating by the end. I'm writing this down partially so I know what to practice. I was just going to go to a public skate on saturday but I kinda want to go tomorrow to get that empty ice time. I'm not sure yet. oh wait there's a hockey game to watch never mind. 

And in the first session, Coach D said that I would have a harder time since I'm in hockey skates. I do tend to slip and fall more than the others do and part of the issues I'm having with stopping while going backwards is that I instantly unbalance when I try to stop. But eh, it's fine. 

It's also a very good reason to continue actually working out. Squats and such. I think that's what I'll do tomorrow instead. 

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[redstapler]

Sweet!

I start LtS1 on Saturday, and I'm really excited!

[unicornduke]

That's so awesome! My adult class has four people total so we really get some good attention from our instructor. I hope it goes well for you!

[redstapler]

Thank you!

I followed dragonlady7 into roller derby in 2011, so it's an activity my body has some concept of how to do. I went skating with a friend over Christmas and enjoyed it.