Remember when you were a child, you put on a pair of roller skates (or rollerblades) just for the fun of rolling at the rink or on the street. With the release of Whip It, staring Drew Barrymore, skating is becoming the thing to do. It’s obvious that roller skating isn’t just for kids but can be fun for adults also. Not only can it be fun it can increase your overall fitness.
Involving almost all of your body parts, Roller Skating is recognized as a fitness sport by the American Heart Association.
Combining a variety of skating techniques can serve to work many major muscle groups including the calfs, quads, thighs and buns. Twisting, or making tight turns with your knees together can work your back and abs. Crossovers (one skate over the other while turning) can help build inner thigh strength.
Skating low (squating with bent knees, using arms to pump, head leaning forward) is as good as a squat and can help build arm and chest strength and muscle tone.
Taking longer strides (power stroking) can help you increase your heart rate and strengthen your back muscles.
Overall, skating is a fun and cool activity that can be incorporated with others to help improve your overall fitness.
Valery Amador, Daily Venus Diva -- Daily Venus Diva.
Yeah it’s so fun but I always feel like I am going to fall so since I’m a little older now I try to use wisdom with this.
Yeah, I broke my ankle in three places while skating when I was 16. The only good thing about the whole experience is that the employee had to stay with me until someone came to take me to the hospital and he was a cutie!
Ouuch! I would have been crying!!! Aw!! Well at least there was the cutie keeping you company
wow steph…ouch…
years ago i broke a skate skating at the rink with a male friend of mine -who i had a crush on…the cute part was when i fell down he came and slid right next to me…he had promised from the beginning that if i fell he would fall with me….awwwwwwwwww lol