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Days 63-76

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I know I said I would be more focused during my skate sessions, but honestly, I have trouble drilling the same thing for the full hour. In fact, my muscles get tired, and my moves get sloppier, and then I wonder if I am getting into the territory of forming bad habits. I’ve found it … Read more

Day 62

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These past few weeks, I’ve been structuring my sessions with the same sort of drills. I start with pushing drills, practicing my outer edges, as I push in a circle, inside edge drills, toe/heel manuals, and then I go into spins. But for some reason, I don’t feel like I’m improving at my push drills. … Read more

60 Days of Skating

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I blame Instagram for my roller skating habit. The algorithmms identified as someone who might want some California sunshine and started serving me up with roller skating reels from Venice Beach. The algorithms were right. I was in the doldrums of my IVF journey, getting fatigued by ski season, which was only weeks away from ending, … Read more

Day 51

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I actually wasn’t planning to skate today. My quads are beaten down from the pushing/stroking drill and heel toe spins. I changed out my Moxi gummy wheels and swapped in Radar Energy 57s, and I had to try out my skates with the smaller wheel. Definitely felt more control when strutting–thos gummies were like monster … Read more

Day 43-50

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I spent a lot of the week drilling spins and getting to know my edges. I feel like with spins, my progress has been 2 steps forward, 1 step back. I’ve been able to unlock 4 rotations, and I can do 2 more consistenly. I was even able to unlock this sensation of levitation while … Read more

Days 40-42

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Average daily skate time: 60 min I am determined to up my spin game, so these past few days I’ve mostly been one spin after another. I drill toe and heel manuals everyday to get used to balancing on them. I also have been practiving heel and toe pivots. I’ve also been working on really … Read more

Day 39

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Skate time: 45 min It’s amazing what taking a break from practicing a skill can do. I didn’t dribble for a few days, and suddenly I’m able to mostly stay centered in the frame rather than rolling backwards or forwards. I don’t know if it’s from building muscle or maybe getting out of my head. … Read more

Day 38

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I went to my first roller skating class with Skaterobics at American Dream mall. I was a little scared to go…all things new are a little scary! Plus, I got lost in the mall trying to find the class, but once I found it, it was great! There were about 15 students broken down into … Read more

Day 32-37

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After doing vinyasa yoga a few days ago, in an attempt to strengthen my core, my whole body was tired and sore for several days! On top of that, the estrogen I’m taking for my mock transfer cycle (IVF) is making me bloated and sluggish. On top of all that, I’ve been going bike riding … Read more

Roller Skate Skill Tree

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When I first got exposed to all the different skate skills (still getting exposed), I was super overwhelmed in terms of figuring out where to start and where to go next. Thanks to @tkrollerskates on Instagram, I stumbled across the below skills tree that someone (okchickadee) from Reddit apparently drafted. I don’t know who okchickadee … Read more