Ask Booty Archives | https://rollerderbyathletics.com/category/ask-booty/ Mon, 05 Jun 2017 14:43:45 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.2.9 https://i0.wp.com/rollerderbyathletics.com/wp-content/uploads/cropped-RDA-logo-square-512-1.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Ask Booty Archives | https://rollerderbyathletics.com/category/ask-booty/ 32 32 41369847 Quicker Transitions and Reforming? https://rollerderbyathletics.com/ask-booty-quicker-transitions/ https://rollerderbyathletics.com/ask-booty-quicker-transitions/#comments Tue, 14 Jun 2016 15:18:57 +0000 http://www.rollerderbyathletics.com/?p=10458 Q. Hi Booty! I’m a fairly new player, and I come from a completely non-athletic background. One area I have been consistently struggling with is turn stops, and making it back to my wall quickly when we get broken up. How can I help myself, especially outside of practice?!  – Katie A.  This is a great question, […]

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]]> https://rollerderbyathletics.com/ask-booty-quicker-transitions/feed/ 1 10458 Pre-Hab for Your Shoulders? https://rollerderbyathletics.com/prehab-shoulder-qna/ https://rollerderbyathletics.com/prehab-shoulder-qna/#respond Thu, 27 Aug 2015 17:22:47 +0000 http://www.rollerderbyathletics.com/?p=6363 Q. There are a few girls on my team, myself included, who are prone to shoulder injuries/issues. Do you have any shoulder prehab recommendations? 
- Eenie Meanie, Savannah Derby Devils

A.  You're not alone! With the increased amount of bracing we are all doing in our blocking walls nowadays, we are using our upper body strength in different ways than we used to. Unfortunately, most derby skaters aren't really paying attention to their upper body strength and stability yet, so these injuries seem to [...]

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]]> https://rollerderbyathletics.com/prehab-shoulder-qna/feed/ 0 6363 Ask Booty – A Little Unstable? https://rollerderbyathletics.com/ask-booty-a-little-unstable/ https://rollerderbyathletics.com/ask-booty-a-little-unstable/#respond Sun, 10 May 2015 15:17:52 +0000 http://www.rollerderbyathletics.com/?p=5298 Q. I need help with my stability! I’m a petite skater, and I’ve been working on bending my knees and digging my skates into the ground, but it just isn’t working. I see these solid rocks coming towards me, so I bear down and feel that I’m going to be as solid as the skater […]

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]]> https://rollerderbyathletics.com/ask-booty-a-little-unstable/feed/ 0 5298 How to Get Lower – is it your Achilles? https://rollerderbyathletics.com/how-to-get-lower/ https://rollerderbyathletics.com/how-to-get-lower/#respond Thu, 23 Oct 2014 00:35:11 +0000 http://rollerderbyathletics.com/?p=4014 Q. What is the best way to stretch the Achilles tendon to help with getting lower?

– anonymous

A.  AHA!! This is a trick question! I can give you stretches to lengthen your calf (of which the achilles is one of the attachment points), but it is my very strong suspicion that FLEXIBILITY IS NOT YOUR LIMITING FACTOR [...].

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]]> https://rollerderbyathletics.com/how-to-get-lower/feed/ 0 4014 Finding your inner (thigh) Suzanne Somers https://rollerderbyathletics.com/ask-booty-adductors/ https://rollerderbyathletics.com/ask-booty-adductors/#respond Sat, 02 Aug 2014 04:07:23 +0000 http://rollerderbyathletics.com/?p=3642 Q. I need exercises that strengthen my hip abductors and adductors. Can you let me know which one of your awesome workouts has exercises that hit these muscle groups?
Thanks!

– Vile Love It

A.  Great question, Vile! Adductors and Abductors are super important for skating and stability. 

A-B-ductors are the muscles we use to push our leg out sideways, as in a skating motion. 

A-D-ductors make the opposite motion - pulling your legs together. Think Suzanne Somers on [...]

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]]> https://rollerderbyathletics.com/ask-booty-adductors/feed/ 0 3642 Fitting in fitness when you’re not a morning person https://rollerderbyathletics.com/ask-booty-morning-workouts/ https://rollerderbyathletics.com/ask-booty-morning-workouts/#respond Mon, 30 Jun 2014 20:41:45 +0000 http://www.rollerderbyathletics.com/?p=1946 Q. What is the best time of day to exercise if you are not a morning person? Should I get up and push through to do a session before work?  Or is it better for me to do afternoon or evening workouts?

– Holli Hipkiss

A.  Sounds cheesy, but the most effective workout is always the one that actually gets completed, which is why working out in the morning is so successful for so many people.

That being said, if you KNOW you’re going to hit the snooze button and not get that morning workout done [...]

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]]> https://rollerderbyathletics.com/ask-booty-morning-workouts/feed/ 0 2756 How to self-motivate when life gets in the way? https://rollerderbyathletics.com/ask-booty-self-motivate/ https://rollerderbyathletics.com/ask-booty-self-motivate/#respond Mon, 30 Jun 2014 20:39:01 +0000 http://www.rollerderbyathletics.com/?p=1943 Q. What helps you stay motivated to work out, or pushes you to work out, when life things get crazy and overwhelming?

- Trudy Bauchery

A.  When I’m struggling against the deepest, most primal urges to lie on the couch with a glass of wine, dark chocolate, and Netflix, here are my go-to mantras to get me moving [...].

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]]> https://rollerderbyathletics.com/ask-booty-self-motivate/feed/ 0 2755 What to do if you hate running? https://rollerderbyathletics.com/ask-booty-no-running/ https://rollerderbyathletics.com/ask-booty-no-running/#respond Mon, 30 Jun 2014 20:33:55 +0000 http://www.rollerderbyathletics.com/?p=1934 Q. Booty, can I get more awesome without running or jogging (except as warm up)?

- Lyndall

A. Heck yeah, Lyndall! So glad you asked. Lots of skaters have trouble with running. Some of us have cranky old aches and pains, others have body types that don’t feel designed to pound the pavement. Still others JUST. HATE. RUNNING.[...]

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