Wow - I ended up taking two weeks off from skating because of the snow and then the rink's holiday closure. Ick - double-ick... I have a lesson in two days, and not only has it been two weeks, but the rink will be closed tomorrow as well. I hope Will is patient with me.....
I can already tell that I should NEVER do that again. It was a nightmare. The good thing was I had the ice pretty much to myself, so I didn't have to worry about looking like a complete fool while I tried to remember what in the heck I was doing.
Worked a lot on progressives. My left side is so much better than my right, and I've realized it might be because one leg is actually stronger than the other. I've been meaning to ask Will if he knows a trainer who conditions skaters, and this is another reason I should remember to do it next time. After years of working out to gain muscle mass, all of the sudden I need to drop the muscle in my upper body, lose probably 20 pounds, and get my leg and butt strength back - in other words, return to my dancer body. I think having someone realign my workout program will help me get on track for those goals.
Good thing I think of the body as a malleable thing. First I needed a dancer body, then I wanted to be a hulking muscle guy, now I need to go back to the dancer. No biggie, but it will be tough. My body naturally wants to be bigger (it's the Scottish, I think) and I always had to fight it down to dancer weight. My goal is to get down to within striking distance of 200lbs by April. My dancing weight was 185-190, and I know that's never going to be possible at my age, so I think that's a reasonable goal for me to achieve.
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