Warming up is the most important part of roller skating

When Rollerblade introduced inline skates, it revolutionized the skating industry on the scale of skating rinks in the 1970s. In the 1990s, everyone ran out and bought the new skates and hit the streets. Many of these new skaters didn’t realize that inline skating is, in fact, a total body workout. Therefore, within the first year, and continuing to this day, doctors receive many cases of injuries from this sport. Most of these injuries are self-inflicted and could be prevented by simply warming up before starting.

understand warm up

The purpose of a warm-up is to prepare your body for strenuous activity. A normal, healthy workout should consist of three distinct parts: warm-up, activity, and cool-down. Of these three parts, heating serves to protect the body. By integrating a warm-up into your workout, you’ll avoid many of the normal stresses on your body. Injuries like shin splints, sore ankles, sprained ankles, torn and pulled muscles, and even unnecessary pain can be alleviated with a good warm up routine. The warm up should be tailored to your specific exercise. To protect your body from injury, incorporate this warm up before skating.

skating warm up

Since it is recommended to warm up before skating, the best way to start is by stretching. Your warm up before skating should stretch all of the major muscle groups that you will be using. Start by straightening your legs. Hold all stretches for 1 minute.

*Toe Touches: Bring your legs together and stretch as far as you can.
* Side Stretches – Spread your legs apart and try to touch your toes. Repeat on each side.
* Butterfly – Bring the soles of the feet together, press the thighs with the elbows.

The next part to warm up before skating is the arms. If you’re skating correctly, your arms should swing from side to side. The best arm stretches are:

* Triceps Stretch: Grasp your elbow and push it toward your head.
* Shoulder Stretch: Pinch your fingers together and raise your arms above your head.
* Whole arm: join your fingers and extend them in front of you until your arms are straight.

The last part to warm up before skating is the back. This is holding your weight and you need to pay attention to this area.

* Lower Back – Place your hands on your lower back and lean as far back as you can.
* Upper back: Lean forward and stretch as far as you can.
* Mid back: Place your hands on your hips and rotate them to the left, then to the right.

By doing these few stretches as a warm-up before skating, you’ll save yourself pain and unnecessary doctor’s appointments.