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Ice-Skating with poles
Hi,
The posts about inline skating with poles to train for skiing made me think of this: would skating with poles also be good as a ski-training? Or does it go too fast on good ice? Ik know many people in Sweden skate with poles, but they only use them for the hard parts, and my idea is to use them all the time... I will try it when there's ice here, is there anyone who tried it before? Fredrik |
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Ice-Skating with poles
We used to do this for a couple years when it got real cold around here but
didn't snow. It was better than nothing. I would say it was almost good training. : ) Something like hillstriding with poles seems a lot more specific, offhand. Fredrik wrote: Hi, The posts about inline skating with poles to train for skiing made me think of this: would skating with poles also be good as a ski-training? Or does it go too fast on good ice? Ik know many people in Sweden skate with poles, but they only use them for the hard parts, and my idea is to use them all the time... I will try it when there's ice here, is there anyone who tried it before? Fredrik -- Jeff Potter **** *Out Your Backdoor * http://www.outyourbackdoor.com for modern folkways and culture revival... ...offering "small world" views on bikes, bows, books, movies... ...new books featuring: XC ski culture, a Gulf Coast thriller folding bicycles ... with radical novels coming up! ...original downloadable music ... and articles galore! plus national "Off the Beaten Path" travel forums! HOLY SMOKES! |
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Ice-Skating with poles
It's fun, but there really is little upper body work, unless you are
comfortable with going 80 KPH. with a high turn over. Not really like skiing as the timing is usually off. Too much glide on good ice. Not always true going into the wind. Never found smooth enough ice that had up-hills. It is "play" and some of that is good, but I wouldn't do it as primary ski training. Better, might be to get rid of the poles and "free skate". That could be better duplication of snow free skating. Most of the same arguments against inline skating on flats with fast wheels apply. Maybe don't sharpen your skates, or skate when there is 3 cm. of wet snow on the ice. Watch out for cracks. The most serious sport injuries I have suffered have been while speed skating. Gary Jacobson Rosendale, NY where for the past 10 years when it has been cold enough for ice, we have had too much snow to skate, with rare exceptions. "Jeff Potter" wrote in message .. . We used to do this for a couple years when it got real cold around here but didn't snow. It was better than nothing. I would say it was almost good training. : ) Something like hillstriding with poles seems a lot more specific, offhand. Fredrik wrote: Hi, The posts about inline skating with poles to train for skiing made me think of this: would skating with poles also be good as a ski-training? Or does it go too fast on good ice? Ik know many people in Sweden skate with poles, but they only use them for the hard parts, and my idea is to use them all the time... I will try it when there's ice here, is there anyone who tried it before? Fredrik -- Jeff Potter **** *Out Your Backdoor * http://www.outyourbackdoor.com for modern folkways and culture revival... ...offering "small world" views on bikes, bows, books, movies... ...new books featuring: XC ski culture, a Gulf Coast thriller folding bicycles ... with radical novels coming up! ...original downloadable music ... and articles galore! plus national "Off the Beaten Path" travel forums! HOLY SMOKES! |
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Ice-Skating with poles
On 31 Aug 2003, Fredrik wrote:
The posts about inline skating with poles to train for skiing made me think of this: would skating with poles also be good as a ski-training? Or does it go too fast on good ice? I know many people in Sweden skate with poles, but they only use them for the hard parts, and my idea is to use them all the time... I will try it when there's ice here, is there anyone who tried it before? I don't skate with poles for ski-training (just for the fun, when there is no snow for skiing). So I can't answer the questions about ski training benefits. Actually, I don't skate-ski at all, only classic. I almost always have poles with me when skating. I don't use them all the time, but poles give more options. It is very helpful to double-pole across rough ice. Sometimes I just double-pole for a while to give my arms a workout and my legs a rest. It's probably not a good idea to use poles in a mass-race like Vikingarännet or Elfstedentocht. "Drafting" would be rather dangerous with poles. -- David Dermott , Wolfville Ridge, Nova Scotia, Canada email: WWW pages: http://www3.ns.sympatico.ca/dermott/ |
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Ice-Skating with poles
Hey ! I can train at the Petit Center here in West Allis, WI ... indoor ice ...
let's see ... 200km on a 400 meter track ... 500 laps ! Oooo, I'm getting dizzy already. jw milwaukee |
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Ice-Skating with poles
"J999w" wrote in message ... Hey ! I can train at the Petit Center here in West Allis, WI ... indoor ice ... let's see ... 200km on a 400 meter track ... 500 laps ! I seem to remember watching a demo here in UK where our biathlon boys ski skated round a short track iceskating rink. I think it was a promo for a piece of equipment, I cant remember which, but I think it was something that skimmed the ice surface and spread the pulverised ice particles out the back making a wide track with a surface suitable for skiing on. Didnt hear of it again. Mike |
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