FIGURE SKATER FITNESS
FITNESS INSIDER
OCTOBER 2018
Table of Contents
ON THE COVER
Amber Glenn, photography courtesy of Amber Glenn
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Masthead & Editor’s Letter
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Contributors
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Table of Contents
The Flexafit workout has made me a
better athlete because:
PAGE 7 NEW! THE IT LIST
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FITNESS INSIDER
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Power Housed
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Skip the Pre-season
PAGE 17 FITNESS INSIDER WORKOUT
With a NEW! ONE-MOVE WORKOUT
PAGE 18 Off-Ice Jump Flexafit Exercises
Maggie Chen, 20
I skate at:
The Varsity Blues
Figure Skating Club at the University of
Toronto.
My proudest figure skating
moment was:
INJURY PREVENTION PAGE 28
PAGE 30 Stay Strong and Skate On
Muscle Matters When I started to help my
brother, who’s 11 years younger than me, learn
to figure skate.
PAGE 33 IN THE SPOTLIGHT The most challenging element for
me is:
PAGE 39 TRAIN THE MIND
PAGE 40 Grace Under Pressure
PAGE 43 NUTRITION INSIDER
PAGE 44 Shake it Up
PAGE 49 STYLE
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PAGE 52 Colour Confident
Game Face
PAGE 54 SKATERS CORNER
How Competitive Are You?
My favourite workout song is:
My coaches are:
I respect them because:
Despacito by Luis Fonsi.
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Amber Glenn is the 18-year-old skater you need to know
about. She’s a risk taker, a skate warrior and one of our
favourite up-and-coming Senior Ladies competitors
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The workouts are
sport specific and this has helped with developing
fast twitch muscles and strengthening my core.
An outside edge spread eagle. My hips
are not naturally turned out and it was always
something I couldn’t do.
Pat te Boekhorst.
Ashley Hui and
They are very organized and make
sure we are physically prepared
and fully ready before each
competition.
Feeling prepared:
Helped
increase my confidence, which makes
me perform better.
I like to read:
Figure Skater Fitness’
Injury Prevention section. As I get older my
body is more injury prone, so strengthening and
injury prevention have become a crucial part of my
training.
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