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- Jan 15, 2019
Hi all, I'm a fairly new adult skater (in my 30's) and I am definitely feeling my age when it comes to flexibility and extension of my body and free leg when I am skating. I can do a baby spiral and just barely get my leg up to hip level but I can't hold it for very long. And just in general, I feel like the extension of my free leg is crappy - I am weak and can't get it up/keep it up very high! I just started private lessons, and yesterday my coach worked with me on gliding with my free leg extended in various positions and - yikes. My flexibility is terrible. And even with the fairly short amount of time I worked on that yesterday, my lower back is sore today.
I would really like to work on it, but when I try to, I get pretty sore in my hips and lower back. I also had two babies back to back (youngest is 6 months), and I know my core is still fairly weak from that.
Does anyone have any recommendations of specific exercises, or maybe Youtube videos of certain types of yoga, workouts, etc.? I am not sure where to start. It needs to be something I can do at home, probably. I have an exercise ball at home, maybe something I can do with that?
I used to be a dancer as a child/teen and I was so flexible, and it is super disheartening to be so limited now!
I would really like to work on it, but when I try to, I get pretty sore in my hips and lower back. I also had two babies back to back (youngest is 6 months), and I know my core is still fairly weak from that.
Does anyone have any recommendations of specific exercises, or maybe Youtube videos of certain types of yoga, workouts, etc.? I am not sure where to start. It needs to be something I can do at home, probably. I have an exercise ball at home, maybe something I can do with that?
I used to be a dancer as a child/teen and I was so flexible, and it is super disheartening to be so limited now!