Peak Effort

 No lesson today so I had the entire hour to practice. I dedicated about 15-20 minutes to each thing and I feel like I made progress on some things. 

Movez - I used most of my moves as a warm-up and focused much of my energy on the backward 3 turns. My FO-BI turns got run a few times and those are mostly okay. Only a foot down randomly when I was distracted by people skating too close. The FI-BO is getting better although I still don't have the LBO turn. I spent some time at the boards trying to make the turn happen with a forward glide out. I think it's especially concerning that I am not really getting the turn to happen at the boards either. Like, is my anatomy preventing me from doing this? I'm so incredibly frustrated with this because Christopher and I have literally tried everything. Ugh. 

Spinz - During our previous lesson, Christopher told me he would like for me to do spin entry drills (at least five each session) down the blue line so I started out with these before moving into the center circle to work on spins from the wind up. I was able to get one camel spin that had an extra revolution and that was only because I tried the entry with as much power as I could muster (which admittedly isn't all that much). But hey, progress. I worked on backspins for a bit to prepare me for the Axel preps later in my practice. 

Jumpz - I started with the easy jumps (waltz, toe loop, Salchow, loop) and worked my way up to the more difficult ones (flip, Lutz, Axel, and combos). With my waltz jumps in particular I tried to stay more aware of lifting up and making an "h" with my free leg and really feeling the kick out on the landing. I then spent some time (okay, quite a bit of time, actually) at the blue line working on those preps. I was finally able to get a few where I landed and did the backspin but I only got one rev on the backspin and my free foot still wasn't crossed. I know this is a journey, though, and it's not all going to happen when I want it to. Still, the Axel jump is all I can think about now. I'm obsessed! My flip jumps are feeling better every day although they are still not exactly where I want them to be. But, more and more, I'm feeling when they are right versus when they are not so there's that. Lutz jumps were just not happening. I wasn't really feeling the outside edge on the entry and I didn't get any that were fully rotated. This is still a new jump for me so it needs a lot more time. 

Programz - I didn't run the whole thing but spot checked areas that I need improvement on - the flip jump into the camel combo and the step sequence. 

I worked my ass off today and my Fit Bit recorded proof of my efforts. It was almost an entire hour at peak cardio. I was pooped!