Partner Assisted Stretching for Skaters

[@IceCoachOnline]

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[@misakamikoto5164]

Can you do more of these?? We really liked it but there's not enough content out there. Especially for the Upper body! 😭😭

[@3y312un3]

I always thought that girls in pair had the funniest part but after seeing Lloyd being a human stretch tool 😂😂😂 I guess a lot of women envy you now 😂😂😂

[@IceCoachOnline]

Haha Stretching isn't my favourite thing to do 🤣😅 I used to be good at it when I was 17.

[@3y312un3]

​@@IceCoachOnline Yes you could be a lil more flexible - you have an olympic tattoo cmon lol - but you have so much muscles that the yoga mat look tiny lol and it wasn't just for you, you had to lift people... ;) Also doing show stuff along with your coach work and your yt chan must be time consuming, and it's all about support. Don't be too hard with yourself man and ty for it =)

[@IceCoachOnline]

Time consuming is the right word for it! There aren't enough hours in the day to do everything I try to haha. Olympics was 6 years ago and my flexibility was better back then, but I am stronger now. I need to find time to stretch more, that's for sure!

[@TheTrollslayer69]

Hahaha when you told him his feet were stinky 😂🤣 and you probably weren't kidding

[@IceCoachOnline]

I had just showered thank you very much 😜😂

[@zottelhuehs6375]

Thanks! I'll try this out later today.

[@IceCoachOnline]

Let me know how you get on with it 🙂

[@zottelhuehs6375]

@@IceCoachOnline I will 😄

[@zottelhuehs6375]

@@IceCoachOnline how regularly would you recommend doing this in order to see an improvement?

[@zottelhuehs6375]

@@IceCoachOnline Done. My mom ran out of steam for the split stretch at the end (it's kinda late here), but otherwise I was positively surprised how well I did (my mom is very flexible, so her performance was to be expected). We compared some of the exercises with similar exercises and were pleased to note that the small differences completely changed which muscles were being affected in ways we didn't expect. Thanks again for posting!

[@IceCoachOnline]

Sorry for the late reply.... I would recommend having a good stretch session 3 times per week over a long period of time to see improvement. You have to make small steps towards your goal. Don't neglect strength work though as being too flexible and not strong enough leads to injury!

[@nadiahDono]

I used to have better flexibility, but now Im stiff. 😩 thanks for this exercise! Btw, how long does it usually takes to stretch and do you have to do all the stretches before practice?

[@IceCoachOnline]

Sorry for the late reply, don't stretch before skating! You should do a deep stretch like this as the last activity of the day. Stretching sessions vary based on how many stretches you are doing, but typically we try to keep it between 40 and 60 minutes. If you can only spare 20 minutes per session due to time constraints, that's fine too! It's still better to do it a bit instead of not at all.

[@nadiahDono]

Ice Coach Online oh wow I didnt know that we are not supposed to stretch before skating. 😱 I thought we should stretch and warm up so that we didn’t get stiff on ice. Well, not a surprise cuz Im still a newbie in sport. 😂 Thank you for taking your time to answer!

[@Idontknowwhattoputlmao11]

Nadiah Dono hi I know this is superrr late but yeah really not a good idea to do stretches like this before skating because it can cause lots of problems. You should always warm up but don’t do stretches like these just do light stretching as a part of a warm up x

[@nadiahDono]

​@@Idontknowwhattoputlmao11 Thanks for explaining! At first, I thought that we shouldn't be stretching at all before skating. Its good to know now before I actually get the chance to skate

[@Idontknowwhattoputlmao11]

Nadiah Dono no problem hope it helped💖 I’m in scotland and the only rink opening here after lockdown(6 months with no ice!) is 2hrs away and opens next week and I’m going then😁⛸

[@traceywilson06]

Man, I wish I had Anastasia's flexibility, Lloyd, I swear you were trying to torture her at times lol

[@IceCoachOnline]

I was straining myself trying to fad the position where Anastasia would actually feel a stretch 😅

[@traceywilson06]

Ice Coach Online I’m guessing it would take a lot for her to feel it

[@thesu]

You guys torturing each other 😂

[@IceCoachOnline]

Haha 😂 all to be more flexible on the ice 🏆

[@AcademicNut593]

2nd. This vid was helpful

[@IceCoachOnline]

Awesome! Glad to hear you liked it 🙂

[@AcademicNut593]

@@IceCoachOnline you're welcome😂

[@seau1821]

No wayyy im first com *woooo*

[@seau1821]

And first like I guess *hehe*

[@IceCoachOnline]

Haha good job. Thanks for checking out the video so quickly!

[@seau1821]

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