MissWhiplash’s BodyBlog

Jet City Rollergirls had our first practice back from our "off season" last night.

The term "off season" is a serious misnomer.  We had lots of team workouts and we were expected to return in better shape than we left.  I was actually worried… I heard rumors of other teams’ workouts, how hardcore they were being, how brutal their personal trainers were.

WHATEVER!!!!

My team PWNED last night!  The league coach warned us at the start of practice that we were back for real and we would be hurting when he was done.

WHATEVER!

Practice started with our usual warmups: skating while doing elbow-to-knee, heel-to-palm, windmills, continuous lunges with knees ON THE FLOOR, power squats, sticky feet (self-propulsion while keeping all 8 wheels on the floor at all times).  We moved into the 20/20/20 drill : 20 speed laps, 20 push ups, 20 more speed laps, 20 crunches, 20 more speed laps- no breaks.  You slide into your push ups and then get your ass up and racing when you are done.  Then we got a one minute water break, and into various agility/endurance drills for an hour, then some blocking drills, and a hip-check drill that was really fun: two lines of skaters, moving in a pace line, the two girls in back race forward and hit each other with hip checks between each row of two girls all the way up to the front (we have about 60 skaters…. that’s roughly 30 hits) then get back in line and skate with people hitting each other in front of us until we get to the back of the line again.

Lots of girls dropped out of the drills, out of breath or too sore to continue.  Not only did I not drop out, I RULED! My endurance is way better than it was at the end of the season.  I didn’t fall during any of the hip checks (and my opponent was Jell-Ho Jess…. not a lightweight hitter) and really didn’t get very tired during the endurance drills so I could focus on my agility work more.  I only bailed once during the blocking drill when my partner tried to booty block me and tripped me instead. LOL But I bounced right back up and was back at her heels.  All this after a major session at Barb’s the night before, and doing the Ab Ripper workout a few hours before.  It’s working!

We are getting the final fittings of our new season uniforms this Sunday. I’ve lost 7 pounds and a few inches since I was measured!  That’s awesome, but also worrisome - I’m trying to gain muscle. I’m afraid I’m losing weight too fast and that I’m losing muscle in the process?  My coach assured me that if I’m eating the right number of calories, and still losing weight that quickly, that I’m probably losing fat and water.  He asked me to keep a careful calorie count to make sure that I’m getting enough.  The P90X plan and a few other calorie calculators estimated my caloric intake should be around 2300 calories.  I’ve been sneaking wine and bar-b-q sauce on the side though so I think I’ve actually been getting more. It’s funny to be worried about having to eat MORE because I’m losing weight too fast eating a ton of calories every day. LOL Who knew?

New inspiration phrase my co-captain: "Pain is temporary. Quitting is forever."

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