(AKA Regaining Your Zazzle Some More) You’ve come back from your injury. You’ve anticipated the struggle. You’ve taken small bites. You’ve asked for advice from others. And you’ve started to…
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I’m sorry. (See? I told you.) Why am I apologizing you may ask? My “Best of Articles” list that went up on February 14th contained a very specific article entitled…
Are you knock-kneed when you skate? Do your knees tend to collapse inward as you squat down (maybe in your derby stance or maybe in real life)? Are you distributing…
A couple of weeks ago, I stepped out of my comfort zone and wrote a blog post about why I felt I was cross training so hard at the beginning of…
You can’t always get to the gym. TRUTH. You can’t always get to the massage therapist or chiropractor. TRUTH. You can’t always get out for a run. TRUTH. So keep…
Embarking on #intelligentcrosstraining if you’ve been stuck in the “no pain, no gain” mindset (or even the “meh, no thanks” mindset) can feel a little bit weird. Here are a…
Intelligent Cross Training is sometimes easier said than done. When we talk about taking into account your weekly practices or special events or non-skating physical activity when planning your schedule,…
(AKA How to Regain Your Zazzle) At some point in everyone’s derby career they will face the prospect of “coming back”. One of the most common reasons to leave derby and come…
“Skate Hard, Turn Left” Syndrome is real. You may have never heard of it before (because I kind of just pulled that name out of my ass) but I guarantee…
After publishing my article about taking the week before a bout off from my typical training routine, I received several comments that sounded like this: That’s great, but if…