new year's resolutions

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Making Double Push Just an Ordinary Part of Normal Skating

Submitted by roadskater on Thu Dec 20 2007 2:06pm
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I guess the thing I'd like to see happen for me in 2008 would be for double pushing to just be a natural part of my skating whenever it is the most efficient way to go. Making it more efficient and thus more useful more of the time would be the key. I'd like it to be a tool, or a couple of tools, that I can use involuntarily, I guess you'd say. I'd like it to be like shifting gears in the car without thinking.

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Skate '08: How are you Going to Spend your 600 Repetitions?

Submitted by eebee on Wed Dec 19 2007 3:18pm
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Andrewinnc brought up an interesting approach to skate (or anything) training, in his article "Winter and Skating Technique". He had read about a theory that it takes 600 repetitions of a movement for the muscles to learn it. Assuming that also means 'for the brain to learn it', I wanted to apply this technique and take it a step further....

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