Power

My power lesson with Holly on the Gilbert adult skate.

I warmed up with some Bronze moves, jumps and spins.

Today's lesson:

• stroking -- I'm doing better at maintaining speed.
• swizzle-cross -- forward, then backward, a full lap of each.  Swizzle, then cross the feet, alternating sides.  Ugh.  I worked on these (forward) with JJ a long time ago I think.
• FXOs -- first doing a sort of progressive, then a regular crossover, around the big middle circle.  I was going pretty fast and it was kinda scary.
• BXOs -- same thing as above.  Eeep.  Holly was really pushing me to unscrape them ("big toe push, pinky toe push").  They did improve.
• pushing -- pushing Holly a full lap of the rink while she braked with her toepicks. It's getting better, actually.
• alternating lunges -- a full lap, the last half Holly was braking with her toepicks.  Eeep.  So tiring!
• stroking -- a final lap for the day.  Eep.

I was pretty tired and sweaty afterward but I do think it's getting better.   The speed on the crossovers today was pretty scary though.  Yikes.  No jumping up today but I suppose that will return next week along with slaloms!