LondonSkaters Speed Team - Speed Skating & Rollerblading Club in London

_gj3000_ · Posted: Wed Dec 20, 2006 11:01 pm Subject:

can't make tomorrow Sad

Mikey-two-Names · Joined: 24 Feb 2004 Posts: 4070

Me either, though I should be able to do an hour here in my local park in Bromley, as well as my low walking session.

Duracell · Posted: Thu Dec 21, 2006 1:25 pm Subject:

Mikey-two-Names · Joined: 24 Feb 2004 Posts: 4070

Now that was both damp and very very slippery. Not good at all.

Low walking? See here:
http://www.bont.com/news/featurearticles/landtraining/low.mpg

Careful of your knees, this is high intensity stuff and can easily lead to injury. I started with 5 repeats of 5 seconds each, and am increasing this only a very small amount each week for a long and steady progression. The idea is that you eventually get to large amounts of low walking, two years ago I got to 10 x 1 minute and then turned into a slacker. Benefits are an increase in skating specific strength [1], high tolerance for lactate burn, and it'll help you to increase your knee bend.

[1] Yes, I recall that study someone raised here that said it wasn't at all specific and not much use for skating, but so many of the top skating performers have this as a big part of their training that I'd rather listen to Bill Begg on this one.

tanya g · Posted: Fri Dec 22, 2006 12:30 am Subject:

i personally can't do low walking cause of my knee but I'm trying to build them up

_gj3000_ · Posted: Wed Dec 27, 2006 11:11 pm Subject:

Anyone around AM Tuesday 2nd? Getting back to London Monday night and I think I will need a skate if I am to make it through the first day of work of the year...

Duracell · Posted: Thu Dec 28, 2006 12:27 am Subject:

Yeah, that looks really easy to do incorrectly. (In fact even seeing that clip makes me remember how many gym instructors over the years have emphasised to me that the knee should never go past 90 degrees when under load...) Mike, could I please grab a quick demo of that next time we're in the same place? Cheers! Smile

dan_b · Joined: 15 Jun 2004 Posts: 2417

Mikey-two-Names · Joined: 24 Feb 2004 Posts: 4070

I'm up for Tuesday, see you guys there!

LOL, you were only out of action for a couple of days Dan? The first time I did it it was more than a week before I recovered.

Linda J · Joined: 18 Apr 2005 Posts: 210

I'm up for next Tues.

Duracell · Posted: Thu Jan 04, 2007 7:16 am Subject:

People seem to have found the new January 2007 LSS thread okay, despite me forgetting to cross-post here about it until now. Embarassed

Now linked through, though, in case someone else comes along and finds this thread first.
My intention is to post a new thread each month for the LSSs - feel free to start a new one yourself if I forget...