SCIENCE OF FLOW SKATING – CHANGE YOUR BRAIN!
from Bill Stoppard Skating BSS on 19 Nov 2025
Inline skating delivers shocking neurological changes and psychological benefits. Bill Stoppard Inline skater and veteran Personal Trainer gives you the scientific breakdown of Flow Skating, including other surprising health benefits of Rollerblading / Inline Skating.My Wheels and Frames are from Endless Blading. ‘Clink’ the link! https://www.endlessblading.com/?ref=BILLSTOPPARD Bearings are K2 ILQ9 from https://solo-inline.com/en/collections/patins-roues-alignees?Skates are Rollerblade Twister LE from https://www.rollerblade.comSOURCESCsikszentmihalyi, M. (1990). Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience. Harper & Row. (Foundation of Flow State theory)Maguire, E. A., et al. (2000). Navigation-related structural change in the hippocampi of taxi drivers. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 97(8), 4398-4403. (Hippocampus and spatial navigation)Islam, M. R., et al. (2017). Complex Motor Skill Learning Induces Plasticity in the Cerebellum and the Corticomotor System. The Cerebellum, 16(6), 10671081. (Cerebellar plasticity from skill learning)Wenger, E., et al. (2017). Repeated structural imaging reveals nonlinear progression of experience-dependent volume changes in human motor cortex. Cerebral Cortex, 27(3), 1-12. (Motor learning and brain structure changes)Weston, K. S., Wislff, U., & Coombes, J. S. (2014). High-intensity interval training in patients with lifestyle-induced cardiometabolic disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis. British Journal of Sports Medicine, 48(16), 1227-1234. Benefits of HIITReference: A 2019 study in the British Journal of Sports Medicine confirmed the superior health benefits of HIIT-style activities London taxi drivers mapping, published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences,
