Lost Track

i kind of lost track of my blog last week, tomorrow im going to film my entire off skates workout and post it on here, theres a lot of people with a lot of questions about the drills ive been doing, so to make up for a week of nothing posted thats what im gonna do... if you have any requests, send me a message on facebook, i wont reply, but i'll do my best to touch on everything

ive been doing a lot of work changing my technique and it's finally starting to come around, i feel like i can step into and power out of any corner, which makes skating overwhelmingly fun again. I'll be teaching some of the new things im doing in my upcoming clinics.

I kinda want to touch on somethin really quick also...

When you're training at a top level in skating, it requires that you push yourself above and well beyond the level of comfort; you are physically required to break your muscles down to build them stronger and more tolerant. This, in turn, will cause you to temporarily go backwards in terms of speed, strength, and endurance, which is completely normal and sometimes this breakdown period lasts a long time- it does not mean you're over training. I've been around some of the best olympians in the world and after observing their training habits, im confident that term "over training" is commonly misused; what you really mean to say is you're sick of being outside of your comfort zone. Every time i come back from being off for a long period of time, i put myself through hell to get back in the condition i was in before... sometimes i go weeks at a time getting beat by people i know i can smash, which drives me up a damn wall, but i know its what i have to do. The point is this, when you're hurtin so bad you cant see straight and you think it's because you're over training, bight the bullet and ride it out, you wont regret it.

you can always change your diet to make up for this 'hazing' period, it helps more than you could imagine. staying hydrated is probably the most important thing of all.